AN UNUSUAL BRAZILIAN GOLD-MOUNTED CARVED COCONUT GOBLET
UNMARKED, PROBABLY LAST QUARTER OF 18TH CENTURY
Carved with foliate scrolls and set with piqué-work beading, stiff leafage on foot and the sides with two oval panels, one reading Lembrança de Diamantina, the other carved with a bird in flight above a scroll with legend Gratidao, the upper gold rim with later English inscription
4 7/8 in. high (12.2 cm.)
AN UNUSUAL BRAZILIAN GOLD-MOUNTED CARVED COCONUT GOBLET
UNMARKED, PROBABLY LAST QUARTER OF 18TH CENTURY
Carved with foliate scrolls and set with piqué-work beading, stiff leafage on foot and the sides with two oval panels, one reading Lembrança de Diamantina, the other carved with a bird in flight above a scroll with legend Gratidao, the upper gold rim with later English inscription
4 7/8 in. high (12.2 cm.)
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