June 15, 2023: Americana - Glass
Thu, Jun 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 51
NICHOLAS LUTZ FREE-BLOWN MARBRIE LOOP EPERGNE
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for
$6,765
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $10 |
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
NICHOLAS LUTZ FREE-BLOWN MARBRIE LOOP EPERGNE, opal with red, white, and blue loops, constructed in three parts, the shallow bowl with an applied ruby rim, raised on a hollow standard, featuring a double-knop stem and large domed foot, each section having an applied opal wafer and joined with original plaster. The bowl fitted with a gilded-brass screw connector like those used on Sanwich Onion lamps, which accepts the trumpet vase. Nicholas Lutz (1838-1906), Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1876. 20" HOA, 10 1/4" D bowl, 6 3/4" D foot.
Published: Barlow/Kasier, The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 3, p. 250, fig. 3399.
Catalogue Note: The present epergne descended in the Lutz family. It was made by Nicholas in 1876 as a constant reminder that he became a citizen in the year of his adopted country's Centennial.
Condition
Undamaged.
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Glass deaccessioned by the Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT. All proceeds will go toward the museum's Collections Acquisition Fund.
Acquired from Victor Ernest Lutz, son of the maker in 1960.
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