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Live Auction

The Late Spring Exposition Sale

Fri, May 11, 2018 06:00PM EDT
Lot 112

20TH CENTURY SCHOOL: A SILVER DESIGN FOR EWER; A SILVER DESIGN FOR EWER WITH FIGURAL HANDLE; AND A CEILING DESIGN

Estimate: $150 - $250
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Three pencil, ink and wash on paper, all unsigned, the Ceiling Design inscribed 'G. Keller Orfevre Paris' lower right. The largest 18 x 23 1/4 in. (sight), 19 3/4 x 24 3/4 in. (frame). Note: Both designs were made for Boin Taburet and Keller, a firm established by the antique dealer George Boin and jeweler Emile Taburet. The firm helped revive interest in Louis XV style, produced exceptional silver and retailed high quality decorative art in the late 19th century.