Encrustation
Physical Object
1986.008.1663a
Nuestra Señora de Atocha (1622)
circa 1620
Concretion from ornate plate fragment. Traces of gold flake in concretion. This piece would have been the front side of this plate. Therefore the scroll work is more visible than the other side. One half of the two larger pieces separated from one another. 1 of 5 pieces. See also 1986.008.1663b--e. Decorated.