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The Spring Offering of Fine & Decorative Arts

Sat, May 17, 2014 10:00AM EDT - Sun, May 18, 2014 10:00AM EDT
Lot 93

Three-Piece Carved Marble and Brass

Estimate: $700 - $900

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Clock and Garniture Set French, late 19th/early 20th century, cream to beige onyx architectural case surmounted by a carved marble urn with gilt brass mounts, brass face with Arabic counters flanked by fluted side columns with acorn finials, platform base, animal paw feet, rectangular plaque "Seinem Dirigenten Musikdirektor J. Berggrun in Bereheng Weihnachten/1926 and Liederkrand/Kiro", brass works marked "H and F Paris 607", with pendulum, 19 x 11 x 6-1/2 in., [lacking one acorn finial, old break and repair to marble top right below missing acorn finial at front, break and repair to top left front corner, old break to front panel to right of presentation plate, lacking winding key;] pair carved white marble urns with brass and white metal mounts, oval bodies with brass covers and applied handles, brass pedestals, carved marble triple platform bases, black-painted animal paw feet, 13 in., [loss to one front corner, the other with minor chips at front corners of base and finial bent back] cracks and repairs at front corners, other scattered cracks and natural inclusions, mounts with minor dents and corrosion, some ornaments need tightening. Provenance: Collection of Claire Berggrun, Asheville, North Carolina

Condition

cracks and repairs at front corners, other scattered cracks and natural inclusions, mounts with minor dents and corrosion, some ornaments need tightening

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