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A Carved and Painted Giltwood Eagle
Estimate: $3,000-$5,000
Sold
$4,250
Live Auction
Selections of Fine Americana from the Millhiser Collection
Description
A Carved and Painted Giltwood Eagle
Attributed to the Artistic Carving Company, Boston, Massachusetts, Circa 1950
With outstretched talons bearing a shield and bannerette, inscribed, "Live and Let Live."
Height 22 x width 72 inches.
Condition
with an age crack to right-facing side at seam (where the wing is seamed), which is visible mostly to back side- the right-most edge at banner with retouching over crack, and the backside with later metal bracing to stabilize crack; left-facing bottom-most feather to tail with repaired break, which is slightly loose; with some other minor occasional retouching; with some occasional minor loss to paint; with some occasional cracquelure to surface
Provenance
Provenance:E. Ross (1894-1971), and Bessie S. Millhiser (1895-1987), Richmond, Virginia,Kenneth (1924-2021) and Katherine Millhiser (b. 1937), Piedmont, California.