Sale 5510
Paris
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16 - 17 April 2008
Price realised
EUR 24,250
Estimate
ENSEMBLE DE PLATS EN ARGENT PAR CHRISTOFLE, PARIS, VERS 1940 Modèle octogonal à bordure intercalée de godrons et filets, comprenant: une saucière, deux légumiers avec leurs couvercles de taille différente, deux présentoirs sur piédouche, deux plats octogonaux, deux plats creux, trois plats ovales, une corbeille, un ramasse-miettes et un service à thé et café cinq pièces (cafetière, théière, pot à lait, crémier et plateau), poinçons sur toutes les pièces: Minerve et orfèvre Longueur du grand plat ovale: 65 cm. (25½ in.); Longueur du grand légumier: 28 cm. (11 in.) 19352 gr. (683.35 oz.) (19)
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Post Lot Text
A LARGE SET OF FRENCH SILVER DISHES, CIRCA 1940
Specialist Paul Gallois on two wildly different yet equally beautiful 18th-century desks — one made in France, the other in Germany, both offered in London
New York-based interior designer Brian J. McCarthy thought he might sell this vase to a client. But then he fell in love with it…
Specialist Will Strafford looks at some of the key names of the period, from Boulle to Riesener, Carlin, Cressent and Vandercruse
Specialist Jonquil O’Reilly and the curator of Balenciaga and Spanish Painting discuss the exhibition and how Old Master paintings influenced the designer
David Gilmour’s black Fender Stratocaster has gained a level of fame close to that of its owner. This is its story