The William K. du Pont Collection: Important Americana from Rocky Hill
The William K. du Pont Collection: Important Americana from Rocky Hill
Very Fine and Rare Pair of Tinned Sheet Iron Red-Oak Leaf Sconces, Attributed to Nelson Garey (1820-1910), Berlin, Pennsylvania, Circa 1860
Auction Closed
January 23, 10:36 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Very Fine and Rare Pair of Tinned Sheet Iron Red-Oak Leaf Sconces
Attributed to Nelson Garey (1820-1910)
Berlin, Pennsylvania
Circa 1860
Height 19 in.
Elise R. Beaven American Antiques, Allendale, New Jersey;
Private collections of two New Jersey Families;
Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, January 18, 2018, sale 9805, lot 249.
Monmouth County Historical Association and the Monmouth Museum, Masterpieces of American Folk Art, (Lincroft, NJ: Monmouth Museum, 1975), p. 50 (illustrated);
Kenneth L. Ames, Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition, (Winterthur, DE: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1977), p. 63, fig. 66 (one of the pair).
Kenneth L. Ames, Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition, (Winterthur, DE: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1977), p. 63, fig. 66 (one of the pair).
These sconces were made for the Lutheran Church in Berlin, Pennsylvania. A set of six nearly identical sconces are in the collection of Winterthur Museum (see Donald L. Fennimore, Iron at Winterthur, (Winterthur, DE: Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum; Hanover, NH: Distributed by University Press of New England, 2004), no. 143).