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Figure of the Virgin Mary

Antonio Forcada y La Plaza (active 1790 - 1818)

parcel-gilt silver

c. 1790

24.4 cm height

Inscription/Mark: 'M' crowned (struck on the side of the base)
Inscription/Mark: illegible mark (struck on the side of the base)
Maker's mark: 'FRD', interpreted by M. Wellby for Antonio Forcada y La Plaza, Mexico City (struck on the side of the base)

Provenance: 

Place of Creation: Mexico City

WA2013.1.349

Figure of the Virgin Mary as symbolic of the Immaculate Conception, silver, parcel-gilt, embossed, chased and engraved. She stands on a tiered and lobed base, with floral ornament.

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Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.