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Lot 93
Sale 3334 - American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Nov 10, 2021
6:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$3,024
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, dated "1777"
Inscribed, "B. FRANKLIN AMERICAIN, " the sitter wearing a fur cap, impressed with crest, signature and date, "1777", verso with impressed fleur-de-lis and inscribed in ink, "acheté a Blois en Septembre 1872", old label remnant.
Dia: 4 3/4 in.