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PROBABLY PARIS, PALAIS-ROYAL, CIRCA 1840
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A LOUIS-PHILIPPE GILT-METAL TABLE-SEAL
probably Paris, Palais-Royal, circa 1840
Stamped pomponne seal of rectangular section stamped with flutes and foliage, the handle stamped with a classical bust titled OVIDUS, birds and putti, the upper part fitted with a drawer containing over twenty alternate seal matrices, the bevelled top chased with trelliswork and foliage
3 1/8 in. (79 mm.) high
probably Paris, Palais-Royal, circa 1840
Stamped pomponne seal of rectangular section stamped with flutes and foliage, the handle stamped with a classical bust titled OVIDUS, birds and putti, the upper part fitted with a drawer containing over twenty alternate seal matrices, the bevelled top chased with trelliswork and foliage
3 1/8 in. (79 mm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 31 March 1998, lot 7 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-231).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-231).
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