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    6 March 2008

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    • AN AUSTRIAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED
    Lot 13

    AN AUSTRIAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED EBONISED BOOKCASE

    CIRCA 1820-40, PROBABLY VIENNESE

    Price realised

    GBP 17,300

    Estimate

    GBP 6,000 - GBP 9,000

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    AN AUSTRIAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED EBONISED BOOKCASE
    CIRCA 1820-40, PROBABLY VIENNESE
    With four glazed doors flanked by half-column uprights surmounted with foliate capitals, enclosing shelves, above four cupboard doors enclosing shelves
    86 in. (218.5 cm.) high; 81 in. (205.5 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep

    Provenance

    With Prince Philip von Hohenlohe Design, New York.

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