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These are truly a choice find!
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Before you get all steamed up about what an incredible bargain these are (those folks who Replace your stuff want 199.95 each, on ebay), dear reader, allow me to draw your attention to the blades, which are steel and have some pitting (we've shown this in unflinching detail; see second enlargement). They are also "pinned" in place which would make replacing them complicated. They're emine...
$240.00
For those of you who favor comparison shopping, check out prices (69.00 each) over there on the Bay of Ease.
$295.00
You'd be hard pressed to find better examples than these.
$320.00
This lovely old high relief pattern is one of R & B's best designs.
A similar example, held by the Art Institute of Chicago, is shown in Chickering, plate 52; page 111.
Though Gorham is best known for silver, they also made bronze objects, such as these, of extraordinary quality. Both the famous Shaw Memorial by St Gaudens on the Boston Common and the Brown University bear are Gorham bronzes.
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This trompe-l'oeil engraved decoration is exceptionally well done and required considerable skill on the part of the turning engine's operator.
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$225.00
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French Sculptor Auguste Arnaud is noted for his work "The Skirmisher," now housed at the Redoute de Gravelle in Paris. He sought but failed to win a commission for the official state sculpture of Don Pedro II, King of Portugal. Most probably these were his personal candlesticks, purchased during his time in Portugal...