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    Important English Furniture including Property from The Kersey Coats Reed House

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    27 October 2006

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    • A GROUP OF FIVE LUSTREWARE PIE
    Lot 206 | WOMENS DRESSING ROOM Read more

    A GROUP OF FIVE LUSTREWARE PIECES

    ONE CYBIL BUST, LATE 18TH 19TH CENTURY, THE OTHER PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY, TWO BOUGH POTS AND ONE DEER, ALL EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS

    Price realised

    USD 2,640

    Estimate

    USD 800 - USD 1,200

    This lot is offered without a reserve

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    A GROUP OF FIVE LUSTREWARE PIECES
    ONE CYBIL BUST, LATE 18TH 19TH CENTURY, THE OTHER PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY, TWO BOUGH POTS AND ONE DEER, ALL EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS
    Bough pots each with bell-shaped lid, with cut-outs and molded masks to the corners; a standing deer before a tree; two busts of Cybil, each with drapery, gazing downward on a square plinth, the bough pots with Frances Elkins label 'The Casa Blanca Houston Street Monterey California', and stamped 'MADE IN FRANCE'; one of the busts stamped 'Wood and Caldwell'
    Bough pots: 11 in. (28 cm.) high with lid, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) wide, 5 in. (13 cm.) deep; deer: 9¼in. (23.5 cm.) high. 7½ in. (19 cm.) wide; busts: 15 in. (38 cm.) and 14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high (5)

    Provenance

    The pair of busts: Acquired for the Entrance Hall from Botibol, London for £50 ($170).
    The stag: Acquired for the Ladies Dressing Room from Hugh Hugo, London for £10 ($34).

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    S. M. Salny, The Country Houses of David Adler, 2001, p. 132 (the busts).
    K. Coventry, D. Meyer and A. Miller, Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2003, p. 270. S. E. Cohen and S. S. Benjamin, North Shore Chicago: Houses of the Lakefront Suburb 1890-1940, New York, 2004, p. 278.
    S. M. Salny, Frances Elkins: Interior Design, 2005, p. 63 (the busts).


    Lot Essay

    Wood and Caldwell, the maker of the busts, was active from 1790 to 1812.

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    This lot is offered without reserve.


    Pre-Lot Text

    WOMENS DRESSING ROOM

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