A Large Rock Crystal Specimen
Retailed by Arthur Court, Circa 1975
together with a mirrored pedestal.
Height of specimen 9 1/2 x width 16 x depth 15 inches; height of pedestal 36 1/2 x width 16 1/4 x depth 16 1/4 inches.
Property from Strawberry Hill: The Collection of Ada and Barrie Regan, Hillsborough, California
This lot is located in Chicago.

Provenance

In 1912, Joseph D. Grant, the financier and San Francisco civic leader, commissioned architect Lewis Hobart to design and build "Villa Rose" on the San Francisco peninsula. The 40-acre parcel in Hillsborough, California remains as one of the original, historic Gilded Age estates with lush gardens surrounded by wooded parkland. When Charles R. Blyth and his wife purchased the estate in 1936, they renamed it "Strawberry Hill," a reference to the home's pleasing pink color and a nod to Horace Walpole's Gothic Revival mansion in London.

When Ada and Barrie Regan purchased the residence, it was in a state of disrepair and required substantial attention to the interior and the gardens. Once restoration was complete, Ada and Barrie Regan filled the home with wonderful Continental furniture and decorative objects. Their appreciation for the home's architecture and history is evident in the collection they assembled, offered as lots 1 through 98 in this auction and as another sequence of lots in our July 24, 2026 Interiors auction.