A filigree miniature

[fernando]

It takes skill and patience to make these things. European skill, Western patience. Portuguese silver hallmarks, of around 1900.
The guy laying in the litter is a bit damaged but, still acts as a serious patient :cool:.

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Lousy pictures; will have to improve them :shrug:.

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[fernando]

Hard to improve pictures. But then, there wan't so much an audience :shrug:


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[fernando]

What i didn't know was that this apparatus was easily identifiable.
Originated in one of the three systems to carry disabled and wealthy people in the steep paths of Portuguese Madeira (Island); now an entertainment for tourists.


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