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Lot 78
Sale 6228 - English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Oct 7, 2014
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$12,000 -
18,000
Price Realized
$12,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Large and rare Minton majolica plant trough circa 1870
Rectangular form, surmounted by shaped egg-and-dart and bead-and-dart borders above a frieze carved in high relief to show a pair of putti supporting a portrait medallion in laurel frame, above a rounded cobalt body pierced with three holes to the underside, the ends with lion head masks issuing foliate festoons joined to U-form supports modeled with caryatids above a guilloche border, raised on c-scroll and hoof feet.
H: 14, W: 24, D: 16 1/2 in.