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Coridal service and tray
Object name
Coridal service and tray
Date
1969-1986
Medium
Silver, chrysoprase
Dimensions
Part (each cordial): 3 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. (9.8 x 4.4 cm)
Part (tray): 1 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (3.8 x 31.8 x 16.5 cm)
Description
Silver cordial service with a tray and six cordial goblets; rectangular tray with raised sides and rounded corners; two applied handles, each scrolled and set with large silver beads and chrysoprase stones; six cordial goblets with squared, tapering cylindrical bodies with cone shaped bowls; bowls seated in four-armed pedestals on tapering steps; slighly domed feet; maker's marks stamped on the base of the tray and the goblets.
Credit Line
Gift of Juan Pliego
Object Number
2000.194a-g
Marks
stamped: on the base: "PLIEGO" below a two-faced Mexican Venus between two scrolls, all in an elongated hexagon between "HANDWROUGHT" and "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.
