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- Sale 5190
Live
| Philadelphia
Sep 21 | 7:00 AM EDT
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 5190
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$400 – $600
The barometers each with enamel dial inscribed, "Edw'd F. Caldwell & Co./ N.Y.," the bookends with cast and pierced rail in the form of two fauns carrying a suspended Bacchic putto indulging in grapes, one bookend engraved, "E.F. Caldwell & Co. New York."
Dia: 6 in. (largest barometer), H: 4 1/2 in. W: 6 in. D: 3 1/2 in. (bookends)Provenance
Property formerly in the collection of Christine O. Groves Burton (1893-1973), Baltimore, Maryland
Thence by descent to the present consignor.
Note
The majority of the items from this collection were acquired or ordered by Christine O. Groves (Burton) to furnish her home, built 1922, a Colonial Revival stucco mansion located at 225 Northway, Baltimore, Maryland. The house still stands.
The barometers and bookends correspond to the archival design photographs found in the E.F. Caldwell & Co. Collection, Cooper-Hewitt Museum Library, Large Binder 84, Page 5, A030979 and Large Binder 90, Page 23, A014397, respectively.
The majority of the items from this collection were acquired or ordered by Christine O. Groves (Burton) to furnish her home, built 1922, a Colonial Revival stucco mansion located at 225 Northway, Baltimore, Maryland. The house still stands.
The barometers and bookends correspond to the archival design photographs found in the E.F. Caldwell & Co. Collection, Cooper-Hewitt Museum Library, Large Binder 84, Page 5, A030979 and Large Binder 90, Page 23, A014397, respectively.
Property formerly in the collection of Christine O. Groves Burton (1893-1973), Baltimore, Maryland
Thence by descent to the present consignor.
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