STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
AN ASSEMBLED PAIR OF DERBY LARGE FIGURES OF MARS AND MINERVA, CIRCA 1758-60
Auction Closed
October 25, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
AN ASSEMBLED PAIR OF DERBY LARGE FIGURES OF MARS AND MINERVA, CIRCA 1758-60
each modeled wearing a plumed helmet and puce-scaled cuirass, Mars grasping the handle of his sword and Minerva with a small owl at her feet, standing beside a shield on a scroll-molded base.
heights 14 in. and 13 ⅛ in.
35.6 cm and 33.3 cm
A similar figure of Minerva was sold at Sotheby's New York, October 11, 1997, lot 387; and another at Bonhams San Francisco, November, 18, 2012. A similar pair of figures of Mars and Minerva was sold at Bonhams London, December 5, 2007, lot 281.