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carved ivory figurine of a group of people and a doga figurine of a man and a woman in a house made out of seashellsa sculpture of a group of people sitting on a benchstatue of a man and woman sitting on a pedestal with a clock in the backgrounda small blue glass window in the middle of a wooden standa figurine of a man and two children on a bench
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104 - Small altarpiece featuring three figures, with heads and arm…
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Estimate €150 - €200
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Description
Small altarpiece featuring three figures, with heads and arms made of lacquered wood, bodies made of fabric, and costumes composed of small, finely assembled shells (missing parts, damage, mould), set against a blue-tinted glass background. Work by a salt worker, 19th century. Height of the altar: 24 cm Note: First appearing in Batz-sur-Mer in the late 17th century to adorn church altars with floral arrangements, this craft of creating shell figurines in the likeness of salt workers gradually lost its religious function and became purely decorative around 1820. It played an active role in the region’s economic boom until 1880 and also helped to spread the image and folk traditions of this community far beyond its borders.
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Auction time 10/04/2026 at 11:00 AM
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