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Lot 316
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$3,000 -
5,000
Price Realized
$4,688
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. Porcelain bas-relief inaugural wall plaque, ca 1861.
Approx. 6 3/8 in. dia. (sight) porcelain plaque with gilt text to rim reading, "Abraham Lincoln / Born Feb.y 12th - 1809, Inaugurated President, March 4th - 1861." Framed to 12 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (some very light wear to gilt, not examined out of the frame). Lincoln silhouette portrait in bisque featured at center, surrounded by a field of cobalt. Plaque surmounted by gilt bow.
RARE: We know of only one other example extant, executed in a different color palette with text below silhouette, held in a private collection.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.