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8.<br />

Longwy Earthenware Mantel Clock, France, late 19th century,<br />

retailed by Tilden Thurber and Co. of Providence, Rhode Island, buffcolored<br />

ground with gilt-framed polychrome enameled cartouches,<br />

cherubs below the clock dial and flowers with musical instruments<br />

surrounding the top and to either side, artist signed Quentin,<br />

impressed factory mark, ht. 13 in.<br />

$500-800<br />

9<br />

7 215<br />

9.<br />

Russian Icon with Silver Riza, first quarter 19th century, riza with<br />

city mark for Moscow and hallmark for 1819, depicting Our Lady of<br />

the Sign, the center with the Virgin overseeing a circular medallion<br />

depicting the Infant Christ, the upper border portraying God the<br />

Father, and the side and lower borders painted with David, Moses,<br />

Isaiah, Sofoni, Avvakum, Elijah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and Solomon, all<br />

holding scrolls with Biblical inscriptions and surrounded by floral<br />

scrolling foliage; repoussé silver gilt riza, the borders chased with<br />

anthemion, the corners applied with cherub masks, the name plates<br />

executed in white enamel and the Virgin and Child covered with a<br />

seed pearl riza set with faceted stones, ht. 16, wd. 13 3/4 in.<br />

$4,000-6,000

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