PROBABLY BERLIN, CIRCA 1800

Details

A PAIR OF GERMAN ORMOLU, CUT-GLASS AND GILT-LEAD PALM TREES
PROBABLY BERLIN, CIRCA 1800
Hung with oval faceted glass beads and with a pinecone finial, the curved arms with baskets, each with later additional circular tray, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
30 1/2. in. (77.5 cm.) high, 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) diameter, the trays

Provenance

Supplied by Parish-Hadley, New York, to Ann and Gordon Getty in 1977.

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

A pair of similar cut-glass-mounted ormolu palm trees, but lacking the baskets, formerly in the collection of Lee Radziwill was sold Property from the Kentucky Residence of Dorothy and Wendell Cherry; Sotheby's, New York, 16 March 2012, lot 147 ($50,000).

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