Summer Great Estates Curated Auction
By Willow Auction House
Jul 27, 2023
2 Frassetto Way Lincoln Park, NJ 07035, United States
Our Summer Great Estates Curated Auction features more than 100 lots of art, furniture, sculptures, porcelain, pottery, decorative items and more. Among the highlights is a painting attributed to Gustave Caillebotte, as well as artwork by William Trost Richards, Clara Ledesma, and George Henry Boughton. The sale also features a collection of hand painted fans, as well as portrait miniatures, including mourning pendants, and a French repeating musical pocket watch. Other items of note include a George Ohr pottery vase, a selection of art deco sculptures, Edison phonographs, a Russian Imperial Porcelain Nicholas I plate, and a pair of bronze quiver sconces, as well as modern furniture including Tommi Parzinger and a Paul Evans for Directional patchwork coffee table.
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LOT 20:

Pair of Meissen Dolphin Candelabra

Sold for: $550
Start price:
$ 500
Estimated price :
$1,000 - $2,000
Buyer's Premium: 28% More details
Auction took place on Jul 27, 2023 at Willow Auction House
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Pair of Meissen Dolphin Candelabra
Pair of Meissen candelabra. Porcelain with gilt metal 4 light candelabra tops. Cherubs atop dolphins, with shell motif base. Both signed with Meissen Marcolini period blue crossed swords with stars below marks to the underside. Each 31 1/4"H including center candle holder (porcelain 14"H x 12 5/8"W).
Chips to flowers on bases of both, item in cherub's hands chipped and missing from both, both with chips along the edges of the base; one with repairs and lines throughout dolphin's rear fin; other with lines and repairs to the base, chip to the underside, chip to shell, chips to dolphin's rear fin; wax residue to candle covers on both, both with losses to gilt painting on candelabra.
Condition: Notice to bidders: The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition. Photos are considered part of the condition report. Complete condition information is available by request, no later than 24 hours prior to the auction. All lots are offered and sold "as is", and Willow Auctions will not provide refunds based on condition. Timepiece movements, lighting and electrics have not been tested, and art has not been examined out of the frame unless otherwise stated.