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Description : Bronze ornamental flag finial, likely Napoleonic, in the form of an eagle standing with wings outstretched, mounted to a rectangular bronze base with raised letter N. No maker's mark. Affixed to a later rectangular wood support with beveled edge. Finial - 8 1/2 H x 10 W. Base - 1 1/4 H. Probably French, early 19th century. Provenance: a Middle Tennessee estate, by descent from Thomas G.B. Wheelock. Note: Thomas G.B. Wheelock was known as an astute collector of African Art and co-author of the book Land of the Flying Masks: Art & Culture in Burkina Faso. He also inherited a sizeable collection of Asian, British, and military related antiques from his grandparents, Gilded Age tycoon George Briggs Buchanan of New York, and William and Margaret Wheelock, who owned a Scottish manor home known as Bunker Hill. (Margaret Carmichael Wheelock was also a founding partner of the fashion firm Farquharson & Wheelock in New York). See other related lots in this auction. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com.)
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