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Premier Auction - Session II - February 4, 2023

Sat, Feb 4, 2023 09:00AM EST
Lot 848

American Gilt Bronze and Glass Solar Lamp

Estimate: $400 - $600

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

19th century, Dietz Brothers & Co., New York, tiered marble base separated with bronze trim, white and blue striped glass column with gilt scrollwork, surmounted by leaf form bronze column leading to burner marked "Dietz Brother & Co/159 William St New York", hung with 12 glass prisms, glass chimney and frosted glass shade with cut floral design, wired for electricity, with chimney 29-3/4 x 9 in.

Provenance: New Orleans Auction Galleries, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, October 7, 2012, Lot 1208, Sold for $750 (with copy of receipt); John W. Stark House, Springfield, Tennessee

Condition

not tested for functionality, chimney most likely associated, loss to gilt, roughness and flea bites to edges of prisms, surface dirt/accretion, anomalies and air bubbles to glass

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