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Lot 26
Sale 2337 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Apr 28, 2020
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$4,000 -
6,000
Price Realized
$11,250
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Terracotta bas-relief portrait medallion of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Jean Baptiste Nini (1717-1786), dated "1779"
The inscription, "Eripuit Coelo Fulmen Sceptrumque Tirannis" (He Snatched the Lightning Shaft from Heaven and the Sceptre from Tyrants) encloses the bare-headed profile.
Dia: 5 in.