TRUMAN CAPOTE'S PAIR OF GREEN GLASS TINY MICRO MINIANTURE BULLDOGS
Two miniature seated bulldogs in green glass, each molded in the round with pricked-up ears, a broad flat muzzle, folded brow and heavy forepaws, the surface frosted overall so that the color reads as deep bottle green where the wall is thick and pale where it thins at the ears and shoulders. Faint mold seams run down the flanks and there are a few small trapped bubbles.
Approx. Dimensions: each 0.75 " high
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Provenance: Truman Capote; Gerald Clarke, his biographer
This lot is part of The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote, collected over a lifetime between New York and Sagaponack, and preserved since 1984 by his biographer, Gerald Clarke.
Notes: Although care is taken to photograph and describe the item, absence of a condition report does not imply perfect condition. It is the responsibility of the buyer to verify the condition of the item, either in person or by requesting a condition report.
Appeal: green glass bulldogs, miniature glass dogs, molded glass, frosted glass, micro miniature, bulldog figures, animal collecting, novelty glass, decorative arts, sagaponack, truman capote
Two miniature seated bulldogs in green glass, each molded in the round with pricked-up ears, a broad flat muzzle, folded brow and heavy forepaws, the surface frosted overall so that the color reads as deep bottle green where the wall is thick and pale where it thins at the ears and shoulders. Faint mold seams run down the flanks and there are a few small trapped bubbles.
Approx. Dimensions: each 0.75 " high
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Provenance: Truman Capote; Gerald Clarke, his biographer
This lot is part of The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote, collected over a lifetime between New York and Sagaponack, and preserved since 1984 by his biographer, Gerald Clarke.
Notes: Although care is taken to photograph and describe the item, absence of a condition report does not imply perfect condition. It is the responsibility of the buyer to verify the condition of the item, either in person or by requesting a condition report.
Appeal: green glass bulldogs, miniature glass dogs, molded glass, frosted glass, micro miniature, bulldog figures, animal collecting, novelty glass, decorative arts, sagaponack, truman capote
