Lot 069 - Vintage Brass Figural Dolphin Ship's Bell Stand with Flanking Sea Serpents, Missing Bell, 10" L x 12" H

Lot 069 - Vintage Brass Figural Dolphin Ship's Bell Stand with Flanking Sea Serpents, Missing Bell, 10" L x 12" HVintage brass figural ship's bell stand featuring two scaled sea serpent or dolphin figures rising from a stepped rectangular base and meeting at the top to form an arch. A bell hanger bracket is mounted at the center between the two figures. The bell is missing. The brass shows overall patina and tarnish.

The photograph has chipping along the edges

early 20th century) was born in Scotland and studied in London under Harry de Main and Stanley Woodward before settling in New England

The dried botanical contents are fragile with crumbling occurring

New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes by Robert Frost

particularly around the upper edge and seam area

intended for album use or as a visual filler

" indicating it may be a souvenir of the John Wright restaurant

“The Fat Boy” (2-1/2" H)

This is an example of the "hidden parent" convention in which an adult steadied a young child for the long exposure time but attempted to remain out of the frame

anti–Iraq War protests

Pre-Auction Notes: not play tested

and All-Healing Salve