Lot 161

Pair of Monumental Baroque Paint Decorated Pricket Sticks

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

probably Italian, 17th/18th century, torchieres or pricket sticks, large turned forms with reddish brown paint with gilt highlights, turned bases with cross braces, 52 x 15 in.

Provenance: Estate of Ben Smith, Newnan, Georgia

Condition

resurfaced and with restorations and losses, breaks and repairs at drip pans, restorations at some turnings, shrinkage cracks at laminations, some pest damage at bases with associated losses, other distress and repair, one drip pan possibly restored

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Estate of Ben Smith, Newnan, Georgia