Naveta (incense boat)

In ecclesiastical as well as affluent domestic contexts, silver was part of everyday life in Brazil from the early days of colonization. In her testament dated 1586, for example, Catarina Paraguassú left all her silver objects to the Benedictine monastery of Salvador. It is likely that, at this early date, a good part of Catarina’s silver was made in...

In the seventeenth century, new and highly prized European trade goods began to enter North America through the growing colonial settlements along the East Coast and in the Southwest...