Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Auction: October 7, 2014 11:00:00 AM EDT
Modeled as a scallop shell supported by two mermaids with long hair and arms crossed to hold laurel festoons, raised on oval base supporting two further shells above seaweed, impressed 1182, Minton to base, one with year cypher for 1871. (2).
H: 10 1/2, W: 17 1/2, D: 8 in.Provenance: Property from the collection of Henry C. Gibson and his descendants, sold to benefit the Henry Foundation for Botanical Research, Pennsylvania.