Sale 5332
London, South Kensington
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10 June 2014
Price realised
GBP 8,125
Estimate
A GEORGE I LEAD CISTERN DATED 1724 The front with cartouche panels centred by reclining pastoral figures, the front and sides with date and initials '1724/ GAA' 32 ½ in. (82.5 cm.) high; 58 in. (147.2 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) depth
Provenance
By repute, removed from a garden formally in the grounds of Versaillle.
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