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THBCollection of 79 Grand Tour Intaglio Cameos; Paoletti, Liberotti, Bemi
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4310 Papermill Dr. NW
Knoxville, TN 37909
United States
Case Auctions is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where our gallery is located, with satellite offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Kingsport, TN – but our reach is worldwide. Established in 2005, we conduct cataloged auctions of investment-quality art and antiques under the stewardship of knowledgeabl...Read more
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About Auction
LiveJan 25, 2025
Live Auction at our Knoxville Gallery featuring 1,200+ lots from fine Southern estates and private and museum collections. Sale begins Sat. Jan. 25 at 9 AM with lots #1-783 and continues Sun. Jan. 26 at 1 PM with lots #784-1261 (scroll down for separate catalog). Estates represented include Gertrude S. Caldwell, Nashville; John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville; Dr. Larry Wolfe, Nashville; Norman Luboff; plus the collection of Jon E. Jones, Cookeville, and deaccessioned art from the Hunter Museum, Vanderbilt University Museum, the Memphis-Brooks Museum, and more. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
Seventy-nine (79) white plaster intaglio/cameo molds depicting scenes from classical Greek or Roman mythology or biblical scenes. Items 1-72: Intaglios in the manner of Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847), 66 of which are bordered with pale yellow paper around perimeter, highlighted in gilt, with index numbers written in ink. Seventeen of these remain fixed to their original wooden display box, titled "Monumenti in Vari Luoghi" on handwritten label. An additional six (6) are without their paper mounting perimeter. Items 73-75: Three (3) large intaglios in the manner of Giovanni Liberotti each with a black surround, depicting religious scenes including the Madonna and child and the Archangel Michael. Items 76-79: Four (4) cameos of men and women in profile with the impressed mark "P. BEMI" on the reverse. Ranging in size from 7/8" L to 2 3/4" L. Ca. 1820-40.
Condition
All with varying degrees of accumulated dust and grime. 2 smaller cameos with cracked fronts, 4 Bemi portraits with chips to edges and rubbing to features. Box in poor condition.
- Provenance
Estate of Judge John Nixon, Nashville, Tennessee.
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