• The English Collector: English auction at Christies

    Sale 12246

    The English Collector: English Furniture, Clocks, European Ceramics & Portrait Miniatures

    London

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    19 May 2016

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    • A GEORGE III SATINWOOD URN-SHA
    Lot 267

    A GEORGE III SATINWOOD URN-SHAPED KNIFE BOX

    LATE 18TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 1,500

    Estimate

    GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,000

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    A GEORGE III SATINWOOD URN-SHAPED KNIFE BOX
    LATE 18TH CENTURY
    chequer-banded overall and with an acorn finial, on a square plinth base with ogee bracket feet
    28 ½ in. (72.5 cm.) high; 13 ¼ in. (33.5 cm.) wide; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep

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    Pre-Lot Text

    THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE PETER ASCROFT, SHERFORD HOUSE, BROMYARD, HEREFORDSHIRE (LOTS 256-275)

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