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American & Southern | March 13, 2025

Thu, Mar 13, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Lot 1158

New England Folk Art Framed Ship Diorama

Estimate: $600 - $900

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19th century, carved and painted model of a three masted ship under full sail, a painted American flag topping back mast, the background in painted decoration of hilly landscape with houses, held in a period shadowbox frame with scrolled crest, 25-1/2 x 35 x 5 in.

Provenance: Estate of William D. Carlebach, Mystic, Connecticut; Collection of Michael L. Carlebach

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Estate of William D. Carlebach, Mystic, Connecticut; Collection of Michael L. Carlebach

some loose and lacking elements at interior, surface dirt/accretion, some discoloration, crackling to painted background, bumps and abrasions to frame, separations at seams, cracks and repairs to scrolled crest