November Online Auction (Sale #283)

Limoges 'Holy Water Font' Painted Enamel

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Start price: $250

Estimated price: $500 - $700

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Limoges ‘Holy Water Font’ Painted Enamel

1886 by Louis Bourdery (1852-1901), initialed ‘LB’ lower right quadrant, signed and dated on reverse; depicting a Carmelite nun in a church interior; having an octagonal back plate and a scallop-form font; mounted to a later wood backing having leather trim

Provenance: Collection of Lucy and Stanley Lopata, St. Louis, Missouri; thence by descent

Property from: a Chicago, Illinois (Gold Coast) estate

Height: 7 1/2 inches, Width: 5 1/4 inches, Depth: 2 1/4 inches (without wood mount)

Frame Size: 13 1/2 inches by 9 3/4 inches

Condition: Very Good, small chips at mounting nails, top edge; small chips, wear and possible repair at bottom near attachment of font; wear and detached leather trim to wood mount (included)

Disclaimers: not examined off the mount

Category: Decorative Arts > Objects

Estimated Sale Time: 10:43 am CST

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Sales Tax: Kansas (6.5%), New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (6%), Washington (10.5%)

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Condition: Very Good, small chips at mounting nails, top edge; small chips, wear and possible repair at bottom near attachment of font; wear and detached leather trim to wood mount (included)

Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.25 x 2.25 in