Sale 2538
New York
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28 - 29 February 2012
Price realised
USD 1,375
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
AN ASSEMBLED GROUP OF FIREPLACE EQUIPMENT, LATE 19TH CENTURY AND LATER, comprising a pair of brass figural chenets, late 20th century; a French gilt-metal and mesh folding firescreen, 20th century; and a Victorian tole-peinte coal bin, late 19th/early 20th century 29¾in. (75.5cm.) high, the firescreen (4)
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