Sale 5327
London
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23 May 2012
Price realised
GBP 1,000
Estimate
AN ITALIAN CARVED GILTWOOD MIRROR LATE 18TH CENTURY With a floral and foliate urn cresting above a rectangular plate in a stepped key-pattern surround with rosette blocks and foliate S-scroll clasps to the corners 32 x 19 in. (81 x 48 cm.)
Provenance
The Corporate Collection of A. & J. Mucklow Group plc., Birmingham, sold Christie's, London, 17 September 2006, lot 84.
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