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Group of three cast-iron campana, or bell-shaped, urns with foliated loop handles, the bodies semi-lobed, the rims with egg-and-dart motif, on ringed, tapered socles and square integral bases, marked “J. L. Mott New York"

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Cast-iron and wooden settee, the cast-iron supports in the twig, or rustic, pattern, the seat and back composed of wooden slats

Pair of wooden architectural fragments in the Rococo Revival style, with central Green Man mask ornamented with foliate embellishments

Wirework and wrought-iron garden gate

Wirework plant stand with single “basket” to hold a pot or pots on four simple legs, with x-form stretchers and scrolled feet

Illustration: Gilson, Wirework plant stand Special Catalogue of E. T. Barnum’s Wire Goods, Wire and Iron Work, Detroit: No. 29, Special Supplement, 1881.

Group of terra-cotta planters with rams’ head handles, the bowl of each planter ornamented with laurel swags and stiff leaf motif

Rare cast-iron "Rococo" or "Gothic" garden seat

the back constructed of hoops, the seat pierced, the front and back legs of cabriole form.

Illustration: Janes, Kirtland & Co., Illustrated Catalogue of Ornamental Iron Work, New York, 1870, unpaged.

Two wirework trellises

one with flared upper portion, the other with flat top and flared bottom, both with spiral wirework on the shaft

Collection of hanging wire baskets with fanciful scrollwork

Group of painted terra-cotta hanging planters with flared rims, ornamented with foliate motifs and pierced for drainage

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Ward Manor : boy campers harvesting vegetables, ca. 1940

Three boy campers stand in a vegetable crop on Ward Manor. Their arms overflow with vegetables. In the background, other harvesters are visible.