New Mexico
1813
Copper
Height 18 1/4 inches (46.4 cm), diameter 10 3/4 inches (27.3 cm)
Signed and dated on the handle, Josef Gomez 1813
Provenance: Found beneath a 19th century house in Albuquerque, New Mexico
The body is raised from sheet copper into a tall tapering form, narrow at the shoulder and swelling out to a broad base, with the vertical seam visible as a line of interlocking joins running the height of the vessel. Below the rim a band of decoration is worked from the outside, a row of punched dots above a continuous zigzag chased into the metal, and the rim itself is rolled over and reinforced with a separate applied collar. A strap handle is riveted to the shoulder and the upper body, and the base is a separate disc seamed into the wall.
The maker's name and the date are struck into the handle in capitals, reading Josef Gomez and 1813. The surface has taken a warm brown patina overall with lighter areas where the copper has been handled and small patches of green where moisture has sat, and the rim carries losses and old distortion consistent with long use. Dated and signed vessels of this kind are uncommon in New Mexican copper, where most surviving work is anonymous.
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New Mexico
1813
Copper
Height 18 1/4 inches (46.4 cm), diameter 10 3/4 inches (27.3 cm)
Signed and dated on the handle, Josef Gomez 1813
Provenance: Found beneath a 19th century house in Albuquerque, New Mexico
The body is raised from sheet copper into a tall tapering form, narrow at the shoulder and swelling out to a broad base, with the vertical seam visible as a line of interlocking joins running the height of the vessel. Below the rim a band of decoration is worked from the outside, a row of punched dots above a continuous zigzag chased into the metal, and the rim itself is rolled over and reinforced with a separate applied collar. A strap handle is riveted to the shoulder and the upper body, and the base is a separate disc seamed into the wall.
The maker's name and the date are struck into the handle in capitals, reading Josef Gomez and 1813. The surface has taken a warm brown patina overall with lighter areas where the copper has been handled and small patches of green where moisture has sat, and the rim carries losses and old distortion consistent with long use. Dated and signed vessels of this kind are uncommon in New Mexican copper, where most surviving work is anonymous.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
