4278B

Not without cause

Artist: Unidentified Guatemala Artist
Title: Not without cause
Date: ca. 1775
Medium: Incised silver. Emblem on a creamer.
Location: Lot 334, Silver, Vertu, and Russian Works of Art Sale (14 October 2015), Sotheby's, London (where it sold).
Photo Source: Sotheby's Website
Correspondence Credit: Rubem Amaral Jr. and Almerindo Ojeda
Note: Earlier versions of the printed emblem (1551 and 1557) lack the torse (burelete) under the fist seen in both the 1614 version of the print and in the silver incision.
Item: 4278B