Lot Essay
The number three symbolizes eternal faithfulness and is sometimes found in conjunction with items made for betrothals and weddings
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A Central European carafe
the waisted body with foliate swags within a ribbon band cartouche enclosing a rectangular panel inscribed 20, beneath two doves aside a pair of hearts inscribed 3, the whole enclosed within foliate border, the reverse inscribed with a love poem, late 18th century -- 27cm. high
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the waisted body with foliate swags within a ribbon band cartouche enclosing a rectangular panel inscribed 20, beneath two doves aside a pair of hearts inscribed 3, the whole enclosed within foliate border, the reverse inscribed with a love poem, late 18th century -- 27cm. high
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