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A BRAZILIAN GOLD PURIFICADOR
LATE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BAHIA
The circular foot chased with a beaded band below foliate garlands and strapwork, rising to a knopped baluster stem, with circular dish chased with foliate scrolls and flowerheads and bosses, the field engraved with zigzag and flowers, all below a central cup and cover similarly chased and surmounted by a baluster finial above a calyx of rocaille, apparently unmarked--8½in.(21.5cm.) high
(16oz., 503gr.)
LATE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BAHIA
The circular foot chased with a beaded band below foliate garlands and strapwork, rising to a knopped baluster stem, with circular dish chased with foliate scrolls and flowerheads and bosses, the field engraved with zigzag and flowers, all below a central cup and cover similarly chased and surmounted by a baluster finial above a calyx of rocaille, apparently unmarked--8½in.(21.5cm.) high
(16oz., 503gr.)