Sale 2667
New York
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8 - 9 January 2013
Price realised
USD 15,000
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A CONTINENTAL ORIENTALIST PATINATED-BRONZE AND MARBLE THREE-PIECE CLOCK GARNITURE, RETAILED BY BAILEY BANKS & BIDDLE, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1880, comprising a mantel clock and a pair of covered urns The clock 31½in. (80cm.) high, 15in. (38cm.) wide, 8½in. (21.5cm.) deep (3)
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