Sale 12455
London
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6 July 2016
Price realised
GBP 27,500
Estimate
A CHARLES X ORMOLU DRESSING-MIRROR CIRCA 1820-30 The oval plate within a rose-cast frame, flanked by swans each issuing a cornucopia support, on griffin legs joined by a stretcher 26 in. (66 cm.) high; 28 ½ in. (72.5 cm.) wide; 13 ½ in. (34 cm.) deep
Provenance
By repute, Mariá Isabel, Dowager Queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1848), and thence by descent in the del Balzo family.
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