A rare and exceptional Gothic style marble vitrine made from two types of marble circa 1881 and having a bronze door on each side for access. Ht: 125" Wd: 80" Dpth: 23"

From the original collection of the Maybrook mansion in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. The 20,000 square foot Gothic mansion was originally built on its 67 acre property by liquor baron, real estate developer, and art collector Henry Clay Gibson in 1881. The mansion along with its art and antiques collection was passed on from the Gibson family to John W. Merriam, and then finally to his stepson Robert Lockyer. The remainder of the collection is being offered by the mansion's new owner Maybrook Estate, LLC.

This marble vitrine was custom built to house a collection of ivory figures by the famous European sculptor Simon Troger (1683-1768). The ivory collection was previously sold through Christies Auctions and was offered with a pre-sale estimate of $200,000 - $300,000. Henry C. Gibson (1830-1891), a merchant-prince who had made his fortune in whiskey and tobacco production, commissioned Frank Furness, the celebrated Philadelphia architect, to build a town house at 1612 Walnut Street in 1870, where the Troger figures were displayed in the Moorish Salon. A decade later, Gibson built Maybrook, a fantastic amalgam of four centuries of English architecture, as his country seat out on the Main Line. The Troger figures were exhibited in vitrines in the vast ballroom, along with other superb ivories.

This item is being sold in situ. The buyer is responsible for dismantling and removing the item from its current location in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. Ensuite