Timeless Elegance & Mid-Century Icons: The Curator's Timed Auction

Timeless Elegance & Mid-Century Icons: The Curator's Timed Auction

Catalog

Lot 421 A Collection of Murano Style Glass Clowns, Mineral Specimens and Sundry Curiosities

An assortment of decorative glass, mineral specimens and various curiosities. The collection includes two vintage hand-blown glass clown figurines in the Murano style. One figurine features yellow hair, a green and white striped conical hat, a green ruffled collar and a pale blue body with white flecks; it is finished with oversized black feet and white gloved hands. The second figurine features a black top hat with a green band, yellow hair and a green and blue patterned body, with one hand adorned with a gold-tone band. The mineral group comprises two polished agate slices with fine, concentric banding in shades of grey, cream and subtle lavender, one small natural geode half with a quartz-lined crystalline cavity, and one larger geode section artificially dyed a deep cobalt blue. Also included is a single rifle cartridge consisting of a brass casing and a copper-jacketed projectile, together with a vintage cylindrical brass object showing a natural age-related patina. No maker marks or labels were identified on any of the items during cataloguing.

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