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AN 18TH CENTURY[?] BONE AND IVORY HOUR GLASS
with ornately carved marine ivory sunflower section end-plates supported by six turned bone columns, sand-filled glass bulbs with gilt wire bound central silk binding -- 9 3/8in. (23.8cm.)
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with ornately carved marine ivory sunflower section end-plates supported by six turned bone columns, sand-filled glass bulbs with gilt wire bound central silk binding -- 9 3/8in. (23.8cm.)
See illustration
Literature
Attali, Jacques, Collections: mode d'emploi Mémoire de Sabliers, (Paris, 1997) pp58-59
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.