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A pair of Bohemian ruby and white overlay lustres
each bowl cut with ten oval panels painted with quarter-length portraits of young children alternating with bouquets of flowers below crenellated rim, the bowl suspending prism drops, the fluted stem with flattened basal knops on domed foot cut with pentagonal panels of flowers, the ground gilt with scrolling foliage -- 31.5cm. high, 19th century (each with one drop lacking, minor chips and slight wear)
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each bowl cut with ten oval panels painted with quarter-length portraits of young children alternating with bouquets of flowers below crenellated rim, the bowl suspending prism drops, the fluted stem with flattened basal knops on domed foot cut with pentagonal panels of flowers, the ground gilt with scrolling foliage -- 31.5cm. high, 19th century (each with one drop lacking, minor chips and slight wear)
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