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Four Continental Porcelain Figural Inkwells
Lot 218

Four Continental Porcelain Figural Inkwells

Estimate: $100 - $300
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late 19th/early 20th century, each with lid depicting social scene lifting to reveal two small cylindrical vessels, assorted hashmarks and Roman numerals, largest 8-1/4 x 8 x 4-1/2 in.

Provenance: By Descent in the Fahnestock and Michalis Families, New York

Collected and enjoyed by three generations of a prominent New York family, the following art and objects were housed in the family residences in the Villard Houses on Madison Avenue, Fahnestock Park in the Hudson Valley, and their Summer house in Garrison, New York. The family enjoyed sailing and collected with that passion in mind, acquiring the Buttersworth paintings and other marine art largely in the 1960s and 1970s. Other fine art and objects from this storied family are also included in this auction.

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By Descent in the Fahnestock and Michalis Families, New York

Collected and enjoyed by three generations of a prominent New York family, the following art and objects were housed in the family residences in the Villard Houses on Madison Avenue, Fahnestock Park in the Hudson Valley, and their Summer house in Garrison, New York. The family enjoyed sailing and collected with that passion in mind, acquiring the Buttersworth paintings and other marine art largely in the 1960s and 1970s. Other fine art and objects from this storied family are also included in this auction.

anomalies, glaze voids, pinholes, surface accretion, all with losses to enamel and gilt, scattered small hairlines, scattered breaks and repairs to small elements at figural decorations; largest with likely associated top half, crack to inkwell cup, loss to decorative tassel; couch example with large crack and repair to base surrounding dog; one basket example with old repairs to base section and to male figure with loss of book; other basket example lacking handle to basket

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