$1,386
Estimate: $1,200 - $2,200
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Auction: April 27, 2021 11:00:00 AM EDT
Inscribed, "B. Franklin Americain," the sitter wearing a fur cap, impressed crest, signature, and date, "1777."
Dia: 4 1/2 in.Provenance
Collection of Skyler Liechty.
Note
It is believed that several hundred of the Franklin Nini's were shipped to America in 1779, but were lost at sea in a shipwreck. Few medallions reached the U.S. until the last quarter of the 19th century. See Storelli, A., Jean-Baptiste Nini: Sa Vie--Son Oeuvre 1717-1786 (Impr. A. Mame et fils, 1896), LXI.