Casket, Shaped and engraved tortoiseshell with applied pigment and repoussé silver (mounts), Oblong casket with arched lid hinged at back; engraved decoration featuring birds amidst floral and foliate borders; silver mounts consisting of center lock in form of double eagle, corner and angle plates, loop handle at top of lid, and four ball feet., probably Mexico, 17th century, containers, Decorative Arts, Casket

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License: Licensed
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