November Online Auction (Sale #283)

Limoges Painted Enamel Ewer

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Start price: $500

Estimated price: $1,000 - $1,200

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Limoges Painted Enamel Ewer

Grisaille painted enamel on copper with gold highlights; initial signed ‘PR’ at foot of tree, depicting biblical scenes having ‘EXO.CHA XVII’ from the Book of Moses inscribed at middle center top and ‘Ruth’ on top scene

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

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

Height: 12 inches, Width: 4 inches

Condition: Good, light wear consistent with age; some chips with loss around spout and body, gilt worn on center decorative band on handle, some chips and small dent on center band, small production holes on inside of handle, enamel cracking on inside of spout; possible repairs

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: Good, light wear consistent with age; some chips with loss around spout and body, gilt worn on center decorative band on handle, some chips and small dent on center band, small production holes on inside of handle, enamel cracking on inside of spout; possible repairs

Dimensions: 12 x 4 in