Gold Filigree Pyx or Portable Monstrance recovered from a Spanish ship wrecked off the coast of Florida in 1715.
(Post in preparation).
Described as a pyx (a vessel to hold the Eucharist wafers of bread for Catholic Holy Communion). I am doubtful.
Possibly from the Nuestra Señora de Las Nieves - Our Lady of the Snows - and a patache (a small two masted ship) in the Fleet of 11 ships of General Esteban de Ubilla, which had embarked from Vera Cruz, Mexico.
There is still no clear evidence as to the identity of the wreck. It is known as the Douglas Beach wreck. Douglas Beach is on the East coast of Southern Florida, The wreck site was rediscovered in the 1940's and explored by archaeologists in 1964.
It has later been exploited by various commercial salvage operations.
For a recent article and another identification of the ship as - the fragitilla, the Santa Rita y las Animus, nicknamed the la Marigeleta
see - https://1715fleetsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/1715-Fleet-Scoiety-Nieves2-v6-with-cover.pdf
It has been described as Spanish but equally it could have been manufactured in the Spanish Netherlands occupied by Spain from 1556 until 1714.
Images above from -
https://www.treasurenet.com/threads/1715-fleet-gold-filigree-frame-pyx.427943/
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Some further links referring to these shipwrecks.
https://www.mdhtalk.org/articles/beaches/1715-fleet/1715-article.pdf
https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00063746/00012/thumbs
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