This is at Barra Lighthouse, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Anyone want to interpret the markings? I could spent some time to make the photo show up here without clicking on the link, but it is on someone else's site.
The markings are in great shape on this one even though it is outside, because there's no acid rain in that neck of the woods. It would be nice to have at least a profile shot of this elegant piece. Maybe someone will go a-Googling and see if there are any more pix of it on the web.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/buratto/6560614875/sizes/l/in/photostream/Note how there's only a small amount of green verdegris present, and the remainder of the surface presents a waxed-bronze appearance. I strongly suspect this one has undergone conservation recently, where loose corrision products are removed, then the piece is treated with hot microcrystalline wax.