Lot Essay
A similar Guatemalan brazier was sold in these Rooms, October 30, 1991, lot 29.
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A GUATEMALAN SILVER BRAZIER
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The shell-form base on three ball feet, the stem cast as a leaf-clad twisting vine with loop handle, the burner formed as an everted flowerhead with overlapping acanthus and palmettes, engraved near handle D and B, apparently unmarked--8¼in.(21cm.) long
(13oz., 412gr.)
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The shell-form base on three ball feet, the stem cast as a leaf-clad twisting vine with loop handle, the burner formed as an everted flowerhead with overlapping acanthus and palmettes, engraved near handle D and B, apparently unmarked--8¼in.(21cm.) long
(13oz., 412gr.)