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Lot 28
Sale 6128 - American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Apr 27, 2021
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$5,000 -
8,000
Price Realized
$4,725
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Jean-Baptiste Nini (Italian, 1717-1786) A terracotta portrait medallion of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), France, 1779
Inscribed "Eripuit Coelo Fulmen Scetrumque Tirannas," (He snatched the lightning from the skies and the scepter from the tyrants), impressed crest, signature, date, "1779," framed.
Dia: 5 1/2 in. (sight)