A Group of Papier-Mâché Holiday Articles
Sale 968 - Cincinnati Collections
Dec 10, 2021
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$300 -
$500
Sold for $5,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Group of Papier-Mâché Holiday Articles
Early 20th Century
comprising a cat-form jack o'lantern, a pumpkin-form jack o'lantern with insert, two turkey candy canisters, a lithograph on tin jack o'lantern clapper marked M.B. Co. Copyrighted to each face, and a miniature bucket of American flags; 6 items total.
Height of taller turkey 12 inches x width 8 inches.
Height of taller turkey 12 inches x width 8 inches.
Property from the Dean Lower Estate, Lanark, Illinois
Condition Report
In overall fine and stable condition.
Lanterns: wax residue to interior consistent with use. Wear/paint loss to exterior, seemingly with some retouching to the lower edge of the cat example.
Barrel of flags: looseness/wobbling to staves. Staining, fading, and fraying to many of the flags, some with holes. Many of the sticks with breaks or repairs, resulting in irregularity in lengths.
Turkeys, clapper: light surface wear commensurate with age and use. Larger turkey with some paint touch ups.
Lanterns: wax residue to interior consistent with use. Wear/paint loss to exterior, seemingly with some retouching to the lower edge of the cat example.
Barrel of flags: looseness/wobbling to staves. Staining, fading, and fraying to many of the flags, some with holes. Many of the sticks with breaks or repairs, resulting in irregularity in lengths.
Turkeys, clapper: light surface wear commensurate with age and use. Larger turkey with some paint touch ups.
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