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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 92454, member: 111"]My first thought when I saw it was that it was a Spanish or Spanish Colonial brazier (brasero, braserillo, or chofeta) - an ember bowl. Would guess that Juana de Llamas was most likely a person rather than a saint, and the brazier was perhaps lifted in her honor, perhaps after her passing. In looking at the engraving, believe some letters were missed in Chon's post, believe I see a 'D.' before the name, which bothered me because that would usually indicate a 'Don' rather than a 'Doña', but it does appear to be 'JUANA' rather than 'JUAN' - feel sure there are some other letters missing, but have neither the patience or eyesight to figure them out.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.silvercollection.it/dictionarypipelighter.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silvercollection.it/dictionarypipelighter.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.silvercollection.it/dictionarypipelighter.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1525&bih=705&q=chofeta&oq=chofeta&gs_l=img.12...2794.5543.0.8379.7.7.0.0.0.0.202.881.0j6j1.7.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..1.6.778.6ygeXeMZgS0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1525&bih=705&q=chofeta&oq=chofeta&gs_l=img.12...2794.5543.0.8379.7.7.0.0.0.0.202.881.0j6j1.7.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..1.6.778.6ygeXeMZgS0" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1525&bih=705&q=chofeta&oq=chofeta&gs_l=img.12...2794.5543.0.8379.7.7.0.0.0.0.202.881.0j6j1.7.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..1.6.778.6ygeXeMZgS0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 92454, member: 111"]My first thought when I saw it was that it was a Spanish or Spanish Colonial brazier (brasero, braserillo, or chofeta) - an ember bowl. Would guess that Juana de Llamas was most likely a person rather than a saint, and the brazier was perhaps lifted in her honor, perhaps after her passing. In looking at the engraving, believe some letters were missed in Chon's post, believe I see a 'D.' before the name, which bothered me because that would usually indicate a 'Don' rather than a 'Doña', but it does appear to be 'JUANA' rather than 'JUAN' - feel sure there are some other letters missing, but have neither the patience or eyesight to figure them out. [URL]http://www.silvercollection.it/dictionarypipelighter.html[/URL] [URL]https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1525&bih=705&q=chofeta&oq=chofeta&gs_l=img.12...2794.5543.0.8379.7.7.0.0.0.0.202.881.0j6j1.7.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..1.6.778.6ygeXeMZgS0[/URL] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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