SML-48 & SML-48A Madonna of the Chair
SML- 48
Raphael's Madonna of the Chair
Christmas Ornament
SML-48 & SML-48A
Madonna of the Chair
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| reference numbers | SML-48: Raphael's Madonna of
the Chair cameo (AL) SML-48A: Raphael's Madonna of the Chair - ornament (Lance 2501) SML-48B: Raphael's Madonna of the Chair cameo (Lucite disk) |
| description | small disk-shaped ornament with portrait in bas-relief |
| dimensions | diameter 2 inches |
| topics and series | Topics: Christmas
Religious
Figures & Themes Series: None |
| related or similar items | none |
| first issued/withdrawn/ discontinued forever |
SML-48: 1943/1943/- SML-48A: 1982/1982/DF 1982 |
| private issue and/or limited edition & quantity | SML-48: 25 made SML-48A: 2,165 made SML-48B: unknown quantity |
| era first introduced. | Arlington |
| value range | SML-48: 400/500 SML-48A: 40/50 SML-48B: 400/500 |
| auction notes | none |
| comments/observations | none |
GENERAL INFORMATION. Almost as an accidental prelude to Baston's 1951 Raphael Madonna figurines (SML-169, SML-170, and SML-171), he designed this Christmas ornament in 1943. Portraying in bas relief the Madonna of Chair (Raphael's painting, not in the Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy, the 1 1/4 inch diameter disk has a small wire loop cast into the Ceramastone.
Conceived and issued in a time long before the serious collection of Christmas ornaments, the disks were priced at two dollars and were considered far too expensive. Baston made only 25 for Carbone's "market test" and then the project was stopped.From Dr. Glenn Johnson's book, The Sebastian Miniature Collection.
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