Lot Essay
Please note both are unique compositions, the Sillars example was completed on his free time.
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20TH CENTURY, THE FIRST INSCRIBED (ED) ALEXANDER ORIENT & FLUME R0610P5, THE SECOND INSCRIBED (BRUCE) SILLARS ORIENT & FLUME RO11117, PAPER LABELS TO BOTH
Details
TWO ORIENT & FLUME FISH WEIGHTS
20th century, the first inscribed (Ed) Alexander Orient & Flume R0610P5, the second inscribed (Bruce) Sillars Orient & Flume RO11117, paper labels to both
The first set with a naturalistically colored sockeye salmon, the red fish with white and black lined yellow eye, black spotted back and grey fins swimming among sea-grass on a mottled jasper ground, the dome with swirls of striata as water; the second oviform enclosing a blue and yellow angelfish and sea flowers against an undulating orange coral-like background with speckled black markings, the reverse with seagrass and a cluster of five canes, perhaps as anenome
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) wide, 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) high; and 2¾ in. diameter (7 cm.), 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high (2)
20th century, the first inscribed (Ed) Alexander Orient & Flume R0610P5, the second inscribed (Bruce) Sillars Orient & Flume RO11117, paper labels to both
The first set with a naturalistically colored sockeye salmon, the red fish with white and black lined yellow eye, black spotted back and grey fins swimming among sea-grass on a mottled jasper ground, the dome with swirls of striata as water; the second oviform enclosing a blue and yellow angelfish and sea flowers against an undulating orange coral-like background with speckled black markings, the reverse with seagrass and a cluster of five canes, perhaps as anenome
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) wide, 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) high; and 2¾ in. diameter (7 cm.), 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Purchased at Orient & Flume, Chico, CA
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.