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Premier Auction - Session I

Fri, Sep 16, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 629

Four Carved Black Forest Wall Shelf Brackets

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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

late 19th/early 20th century, comprising: horned sheep mount, surmounted by shaped demilune shelf, 8-3/4 in.; rectangular shelf with carved ivy, leaf and grape bundle decoration, 8-1/2 in.; stag form mount in profile, on leaf and acanthus carved backplate, surmounted with shaped demilune shelf, 12-1/2 in.; stag form mount, on shield form backplate, surmounted by ovoid shelf, 19 in.

Provenance: Estate of Madolyn L. Nickerson, Highlands, North Carolina

Condition

accretion, scratching, rubbing, glue repair to connect sheep mount shelf to backplate, embedded dust, chip to one antler on front facing stag, chips to drilled holes on backplate, grape leaf shelf with minor chips, one detached but retained, profile stag with split to backplate, some glue repairs, minor chips