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The Gilded Age
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- Sale 4550
Live
| Philadelphia
Jul 14 | 6:00 AM EDT
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 4550
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$1,000 – $1,500
Comprising a plaster hand, marked 'PEGRENTINE/INT PLASTER CO./MAKERS/PHILA. U.S.A.'; a plaster mask of Abraham Lincoln, inscribed 'MASK OF LINCOLN IN 1860'; a panel of mounted glass eyes, each numbered; a glazed ceramic figure of a capirote, a Spanish penitent; and a sculpted wax death mask of a woman, presented in a glass dome. (5).
H: 21 in. (dome); H: 10 1/2 in. (hand); H: 11 1/2 in. (plaster mask); H: 16 1/2 in. (capriote); H: 5 1/2, W: 7 1/4 in. (eye panel)
Provenance
The Charles J. McManus Jr. Collection.
Thence by descent.
Charles J. McManus Jr. (1922-2011) was noted interior designer and a passionate collector of antiques with a particular interest in the unusual and unexpected. As an interior designer, McManus worked on several important commissions in his birthplace of Philadelphia, including the Philadelphia Club and the Racquet Club of Philadelphia. He acquired pieces for his own collection during his extensive travels throughout the Mediterranean and Caribbean, where he owned a former sugar plantation in Antigua. His style of entertainment was widely admired as he hosted elaborate parties in his home, the former French Consulate in Philadelphia. The New York Times Magazine detailed one such cocktail party, and McManus described his goal for his collection as: “creating a mood, a feeling of warmth and otherworldliness,” for others to enjoy.
