Chalice
Artist:
Alejandro Antonio de Cañas
(Mexican, 1755 - 1831)
Date: late- 18th-early- 19th century
Medium: Silver and gilded silver
Dimensions:
height: 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)
diameter (base): 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
diameter (rim of cup): 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 72.88.9
Label Text
Alejandro Antonio de Canas was a master silversmith from Mexico City, and this chalice bears his maker's mark. He passed his silversmith examination in 1786 and served as guild insepctor between 1794 and 1804. (Marion Oettinger, 1998)
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