April 27, 2021 10:00 EST
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
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Jean-Baptiste Nini (Italian, 1717-1786)
Two terracotta portrait medallions of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), France
With fur cap and spectacles, each impressed with crest and signature.
Dia: 3 1/2 in.
Provenance
Collection of Skyler Liechty.
One sold at Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 22, 2018.
One from the Collection of Georges Perrier, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sold for $1,764
Estimated at $1,000 - $2,000
With fur cap and spectacles, each impressed with crest and signature.
Provenance
Collection of Skyler Liechty.
One sold at Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 22, 2018.
One from the Collection of Georges Perrier, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Literature
See Storelli, A., Jean-Baptiste Nini: Sa Vie--Son Oeuvre 1717-1786 (Impr. A. Mame et fils, 1896), LXIV.
