Vintage Carved Alabaster Fruit (8 Pieces)
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Item: 8pcs of Decorative Fruit
Make: Unknown (Most Likely Italian)
Age: Mid-20th Century
Construction: Carved and Tinted Alabaster, Metal Wire, Wooden Twigs
Dimensions:
- Large Grapes - 7" Long x 4" Diameter (approx)
- Black Grapes - 7" Long x 3" Diameter (approx)
- White Grapes - 6 1/4" Long x 3" Diameter (approx)
- Cherry Cluster - 3 1/2" Tall x 2 1/2" Diameter (approx)
- Mandarin - 2" Tall x 2 1/2" Diameter
- Fig - 2 3/4" Tall x 2 1/4" Diameter
- Apple/Persimmon - 3" Tall x " Diameter
- Banana - 5 1/4" Long x 1 1/2" Diameter
Condition: Fair vintage condition. Fair bit of wear/color loss. Apple/persimmon has lost all color. Banana is cracked, broken on one end. Please see photos.
Details: An assortment of alabaster fruit in varying condition. Large yellow grapes constructed from tinted alabaster and metal wire. Apple/persimmon has dark stem-end, faint vestiges of red color. Pale green fig and textured mandarin are in very good condition. Cherries are polished, bright cherry red, slightly different sizes, wire stems have patina, minor color loss. Black and white grape clusters have vine twig stems, fruit wired to stem. Black grapes have some color loss. White grapes have interesting surface texture. The banana, realistically painted, is cracked near one end with stem end broken off. The grouping gives a comfortably aged impression.