Ask About | Book Appointment - Mid Century Modern Mexican Mixed Metal Box With Jaguar Motif

Mid-century mixed metal box (brass and copper) with inlaid stones.  The cover has a stylized Jaguar * in a field of green and blue stones.  

Impressed stamp on the bottom:

HECHO EN MEXICO (made in Mexico)

Purchased in Mexico in the late 1950s.

8 1/4” (21cm) by 5 3/4” (14.6cm), 1 3/4” (4.5cm) high.

$1295.

* Jaguars are the largest big cat species native to Mexico and the Yucatan peninsula.  Known as “Balam” to the Mayans.