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Property from a New York Collection

Grueby Faience Company

Group of 25 Scarab Paperweights

Auction Closed

December 8, 09:48 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

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Property from a New York Collection

Grueby Faience Company

Group of 25 Scarab Paperweights


circa 1905

comprising six small scarabs, five medium scarabs and fourteen large scarabs

glazed earthenware

each with firm's impressed mark and seven with firm's paper label

small scarabs: 1 x 2⅝ x 1¾ in. (2.5 x 6.7 x 4.4 cm) each

medium scarabs: 1¼ x 3⅛ x 2⅛ in. (3.2 x 7.9 x 5.4 cm) each

large scarabs: 1½ x 4 x 2¾ in. (3.8 x 10.2 x 7 cm) each

Ralph Kovel and Terry Kovel, KovelsAmerican Art Pottery, New York, 1993, p. 64