CONTINENTAL GILT BRASS-MOUNTED BAS RELIEF CAST COMPOSITION WISHING WELL,19th century. Base cast with four panels of heraldic shields surrounded by trailing, flowering vines, berries, leaves and sheafs of wheat in the French taste; four gilt brass supports crowned by brass floral wreath, drapery swag and star decoration - 77 in. x 29 in. x 29 in.
PROVENANCE: Estate of Psychic Jeane Dixon, Washington, DC
Estimate $800-1,200
Good general condition with one gilt metal swag mount to be re-attached, and small losses to composition panels; top ledge of well may have been surfaced with something now lost; some patination to bas relief panels. The inside diameter of the lower well is 15.5 " and the well is 19.5" deep inside; the exterior dimensions of the well are 31.5" high and the exterior diameter of the well is 33.5" wide; the black uprights are ebonized metal.
