$3,000
each having gilt metal beaks and legs, their bodies with foliate and archaistic beast decoration, their wings forming shell coverings lifting off to reveal the body cavity, each crane with a detachable budding branch and candle arm with enameled bud and bobeche, raised on a naturalistic, domed base with pierced brass hexagonal gallery above a waisted, conforming base, set in a fitted wood base. Height to top of crane's head 43 inches.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2013-09-22