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Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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Nov 17, 2023
circa 1800, surmounted by a harvest motif crest with fruited basket, scythe and rake, farmer's hat, and wheat plume, draped with floral swags, bellflower molded surround, floral blocked corners, swagged pendant, 58-1/4 x 26 in.
Provenance: A Providence, Rhode Island Family; Sotheby's, New York, January 22, 2005, sale 8054, lot 633, purchased for $30,000; Private Collection
Note: A similar pair of mirrors is conserved in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, see The M. and M. Karolik Collection of 18th Century American Arts, pp. 205-206, cat. 137.
structurally sound, some carved elements with apparent repairs, crest with later structural support, small loss to one side of pendant, minor losses and wear to gilding, other general wear from previous use
A Providence, Rhode Island Family; Sotheby's, New York, January 22, 2005, sale 8054, lot 633, purchased for $30,000; Private Collection
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