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Lot 101

AMERICAN

A PAIR OF SCONCES FROM WALTER TEAGLE'S 'LEE SHORE' ESTATE, GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT, 1932

Closed12 June 2014

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AMERICAN
A PAIR OF SCONCES FROM WALTER TEAGLE'S 'LEE SHORE' ESTATE, GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT, 1932
painted bronze
each 17 in. (43.2 cm.) high, 9½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide, 12 in. (30.5 cm.) deep (2)

Walter and Rowena Lee Teagle, Greenwich, Connecticut.

Specialist note

Walter Teagle (1878-1962) was the president and later chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey from 1917-1942. Together with his wife Rowena Lee, he acquired a 43-acre estate in Greenwich, Connecticut, which they renamed 'Lee Shore'. These sconces were supplied for the pool house they constructed in 1932.