Lot 642
A 19TH CENTURY SOUTH AMERICAN MATE TEA CUP
in the form of a mounted gourd, engraved on one side with the Brazilian National coat of arms and on the other side with two parrots and a heart pierced by an arrow, initialled "M", Brazilian mid 19th century, with a Brazilian copper coin, also stamped with the National arms; the cup 4.75" (12 cms) high (2)
