50th Annual Delaware Show

— 37 — SAMUEL HERRUP ANTIQUES P.O. Box 248, 116 Main Street, Sheffield, MA 01257 413.229.0424 herrup@verizon.net • www.samuelherrup.com BOOTH 27 METROPOLITAN OPERA IVORY CARVING Important presentation ivory carving of two dancing figures, Germanic, probably 18th Century, mounted on a relief molded brass base. The base is inscribed, “presented to J. C. Cady (John Cleveland Cady) the architect of the first Metropolitan Opera House of New York City by the builder Marc Eidlitz at the opening 1883.” This was the first Metropolitan Opera House in New York. The opening night performance was Gounod’s Faust. Ht. 10½".