Very Fine Pair of forged Chinoiseries gilt bronze vase, forming a baluster shaped body, with feminine neckline rising into a trumpet-shaped rim.  The bulbous main body sits on a splayed foot base. Two detailed images adorn the neck and bottom portion, depicting a woman and child. The exterior is richly decorated with cloisonne night-lotus-blossoms and scrolling tendrils. Numerous ribbon patterned gilt bands wrap around the upper- rim, shoulder, foot-rim, and midsection. All presented against a turquoise blue ground.


Dimensions: 15-1/4" H x 6-7/8" Dia.

PROVENANCE: The private collections and estate from Louise “Pete†Clarke, (1923-2017) of Upper Falls farm. A popular antiques store owner in Mid Century.

The daughter of Frank R. Hammond, a real estate entrepreneur, and Madeline Bennett Hammond, a homemaker, grew up an only child in Upper Falls. Her father wanted a son, but instead gave his daughter the nickname “Pete†as a sort of consolation.

She left Upper Falls only to attend college, first at Washington College and later Ohio State, where she earned a master’s degree in social work.
She worked short stints as an administrator for the Girl Scouts and as a marriage counselor. Opened Pete Pickins in the 1950s.

Collecting the unusual with an eye for items from around the world over the decades she amassed a vast collection of rare and beautiful items.

Same provenance private collection of Louise Clarke offered at auction catalog listing from Lot-78, 79, 84, 164, 173, 174, and Lot-176.

Over all in EXCELLENT condition. Traced numerous tiny-holes of corrosions on enamel filling, No missing wires found on cloisonne works. With normal anomalies in nature, sign of stressed surface, minor scratch & dents, and trace of declined on gilt; Normal, consider ages and wear.

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