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Set of four Empire-style chairs with classical vase-shaped mahogany rear splats. Circa 1840s.

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Pair of Old Paris vases, magenta color, c. 1850s.

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Pair Gilded Brass "Honey Bear" Girandoles, c. 1850.

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Empire-style mantel clock, c. 1840-50. Four columns, ornate trim with gilded clock face and pendulum.

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Two-piece Victorian cast iron fire grate, c. 1860. This and similar grates were added to the fireplaces once coal became available in Athens.

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American Empire over-mantel mirror. Three glass mirrored panels surrounded by original gilded columns featuring c. 1820-1830 ornamentation.

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Octagonal Empire-style center table, c. 1840. Rich flame mahogany woodwork, fluted center pedestal and scroll "feet".

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Whale oil table lamp with original prisms, glass lampshade, blue glass center column. Circa, 1855-1860.

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Circa 1850-1860 blown and cut crystal decanter. Several glass factories, such as the Sandwich Glass factory in Massachusetts, made similar vessels.

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Small, footed, stemmed American liqueur glass, c. 1850.
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