Smoker's brazier, pipe lighter

NameSmoker's brazier, pipe lighter, brasillero

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1930

Place madeArgentina, South America

MediumMetal (silver), wood

Dimensions5 1/8 × 14 9/16 × 5 1/4 in. (13 × 37 × 13.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Robert Downing, A.2010.25.16

Object numberA.2010.25.16

DescriptionRound silver bowl with flowing curvilinear repousse "vines" around sides, flat lip, rounded bottom. Bowl sits on three legs with four toed clawed feet and vining legs. Two wooden handles mounted just below rim project from plain silver sockets.