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Two Rare American Committee Statue of Liberty Metal Figure Souvenirs Made 1880s
Two Rare American Committee Statue of Liberty Metal Figure Souvenirs Made 1880s
Two Rare American Committee Statue of Liberty Metal Figure Souvenirs Made 1880s
Two Rare American Committee Statue of Liberty Metal Figure Souvenirs Made 1880s
Two Rare American Committee Statue of Liberty Metal Figure Souvenirs Made 1880s
Two Rare American Committee Statue of Liberty Metal Figure Souvenirs Made 1880s
Two Rare American Committee Statue of Liberty Metal Figure Souvenirs Made 1880s
Two Rare American Committee Statue of Liberty Metal Figure Souvenirs Made 1880s
Two Rare American Committee Statue of Liberty Metal Figure Souvenirs Made 1880s
Two Rare American Committee Statue of Liberty Metal Figure Souvenirs Made 1880s
Two Rare American Committee Statue of Liberty Metal Figure Souvenirs Made 1880s
Two Rare American Committee Statue of Liberty Metal Figure Souvenirs Made 1880s

Two Rare American Committee Statue of Liberty Metal Figure Souvenirs Made 1880s

$ 726

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
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    Description

    Two Rare American Committee Models - Statue of Liberty 1880s
    Condition of Small Liberty
    Missing Torch
    Bent crowns
    Wear to finishing, tarnishing, and rusting
    There is some marking inside
    Measures about 6 inches
    As-found condition, please carefully view photos.
    Condition of Large Liberty
    Missing a few crowns
    Torch arm bent slightly and crowns
    Wear to finishing and tarnishing
    Measures about 12 inches
    As-found condition, please carefully view photos.
    Both Marked "American Committee Model" and made prior to 1886 of the opening of Statue of Liberty to raise funds for the construction of the base.
    History of Figures:
    Beginning in April of 1885,
    advertisements
    appeared in The World, the principal advocate for Liberty among New York's newspapers, announcing the sale by subscription of a "miniature statuette
    six inches
    in height" and another
    twelve inches
    high. Described as "a perfect facsimile of the model furnished by the artist", the statuettes were sold through the American Committee of the Statue of Liberty. Models in both sizes were inscribed on the underside of the figure which is removable from its accompanying pedestal. "AMERICAN COMMITTEE MODEL".
    The American Committee was the American half of the Union Franco-Amercaine, with its principal mission the successful installation of the Status of Liberty in New York harbor. The Committee's most urgent objective of the moment was the raising of funds to pay for the pedestal. Sale through subscription of the models manufactured in its name allowed the Committee to reach a very broad public who in purchasing the statuettes shared in a lofty purpose and at the same time, were made aware of the continuing need for funds to translate purpose into reality.
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