Rafael Osona Auctions Annual Catalog 2020 | Page 38

80. VERY FINE PAIR OF AMERICAN CARVED PINE
AND LEMON GILT TWO-LIGHT EAGLE SCONCES,
circa 1820, tri-circular ribbon bowed pediment supporting a bunched
fabric carving, down to a rock formation with spread winged eagles
facing one another, above upper and lower leaf carvings; flanked by
cast and gilt engraved bronze cups and bobeches, scrolled candle
supports and prisms ending in carved bunched fabric with tassels.
Height 39 ½ in. Width 14 in. 4000/5000
81. RARE PAIR OF THOMAS BASSNETT (LIVERPOOL) GILT BRONZE CLOCK AND HOLOSTERIC
BAROMETER, mid 19 th Century, surmounted bronze laurel leaves and spread winged eagle drop pediment. Thomas’s father James
Basnett was listed in the Liverpool Directory in 1829 as a clockmaker. The spelling of his name changed to Bassnett in 1841, in 1845
he was listed as a chronometer maker and in 1855 the firm name changed again to James Bassnett & Son.
Height 10 in. Width 9 in. Diameter Clock Face 4 ½ in. 800/1,200
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