Incense burner

Object formed by three parts (brazier, lid, handle) united by three little chains of suspension and lifting of the lid, chiselled and trimmed with a mixture of baroque and neoclassical decorations. On the border of the lid the stamp of the Parma mint (an eagle) with an A beside, used since 1916 for identifying the silver works realized in Parma, which confirm the date engraved on the broder of the brazier feet "GRATO ANIMI DEI MENGHINI 1820". On the border of the foot two diamond-shaped stamps in which is legible and M below surmounted by a little lily, that can be reported to the atelier of the silversmith