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LOT #59
Limoges "Holy Water Font" Painted Enamel
1886 by Louis Bourdery (1852-1901), initialed “LB” lower right quadrant, signed and dated on reverse; depicting a Carmelite nun in a church interior; having an octagonal back plate and a scallop-form font; mounted to a later wood backing having leather trim
Estimate: $500 - $700
Hammer Price: $350
Provenance: Collection of Lucy and Stanley Lopata, St. Louis, Missouri; thence by descent
Dimensions: Height: 7 1/2 inches, Width: 5 1/4 inches, Depth: 2 1/4 inches (without wood mount); Frame Height: 13 1/2 inches, Frame Width: 9 3/4 inches
Condition: Very Good, small chips at mounting nails, top edge; small chips, wear and possible repair at bottom near attachment of font; wear and detached leather trim to wood mount (included)
Disclaimers: not examined off the mount
Shipping: Quote Shipping
Sales Tax: Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%)
Approximate Sale Time: Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%)