Collection Highlights
Atom Bomb Hits New York City: Illustration for "Hiroshima, U.S.A." in Collier's, 5 August 1950, cover
1950
1956.7
Oil on paper laid on board
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Elliptical box
Object name
Elliptical box
Date
1969-1986
Medium
Silver, rhodochrosite
Dimensions
Overall: 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 6 x 6 cm )
Description
Elliptical silver box with a hinged, domed lid with a rhodochrosite finial; exterior covered with applied circles in a wavy pattern; maker's mark stamped on the base.
Credit Line
Gift of Juan Pliego
Object Number
2000.152
Marks
stamped: on the base: "PLIEGO" below a two-faced Mexican Venus between two scrolls, all in an elongated hexagon beside "STERLING"
Gallery Label
Juan Agustin Antonio Pliego Coonejo was born in Tolus Estado, Mexico. He came to NY in 1965 and studied graphic design, which led to work as a layout editor for "Ladies Home Journal." Soon, he began his first silversmithing course with silversmith William Seitz at the YMCA on 8th Ave. and 50th St. Pliego soon became Seitz's teaching assistant. Pliego replaced Seitz in 1974, teaching at the Y until 1980, when he established J. P. Crafts Studio on 21st St. He retired in 1986.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
