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A GOLD- AND ENAMEL-MOUNTED ROCK CRYSTAL VESSEL IN THE FORM OF A FANTASTICAL BEAST

PROBABLY FRENCH, CIRCA 1880

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A GOLD- AND ENAMEL-MOUNTED ROCK CRYSTAL VESSEL IN THE FORM OF A FANTASTICAL BEAST
PROBABLY FRENCH, CIRCA 1880
The body with a removable lid and on a baluster stem with gold and polychrome enamel mounts; the tip of the tail possibly replaced; repairs
8 in. (20.2 cm.) high
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Please note the additional provenance for this lot:

Lady Astor of Hever, sold Christie's London, 16th December 1986, lot 175 (£13,200).

Please also note that the biberon is probably of Viennese manufacture and not French as stated in the catalogue description.

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