The censer having been over cleaned at least once in its history. Two hands detached from the rider and missing. A retaining pin would loosely secure the rider to the stag where the two are sympathetically pierced. Evidence of a repair attempt of the missing hands. This remains a promising restoration project in the proper hands.
This censer was an estate item purchased in the early '90s from the venerable Grapevine Antiques consignment shop in Bethesda, Maryland in its final days before Mrs. Gloria Grant sold to new management.