Lot Essay
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DATED 1658
Details
A bone staff
Dated 1658
Highly carved with the portrait of a lady and a gentleman and two masks, the lady with a bird in her hand, above the Roman chapters MLXIV, the lower part with a crowned L and the date 1658 and a crowned coat-of-arms with fleurs-de-lis, the next segment with a spread eagle embracing a lion holding a key, the upper segments with grotesque animals and masks, foliage and tassels, with reeded globular finial
69 cm. (27.3 in.) wide
Dated 1658
Highly carved with the portrait of a lady and a gentleman and two masks, the lady with a bird in her hand, above the Roman chapters MLXIV, the lower part with a crowned L and the date 1658 and a crowned coat-of-arms with fleurs-de-lis, the next segment with a spread eagle embracing a lion holding a key, the upper segments with grotesque animals and masks, foliage and tassels, with reeded globular finial
69 cm. (27.3 in.) wide