Sale 2897
New York
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18 November 2014
Price realised
USD 6,875
Estimate
A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, 'MARGUERITE' LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCPTRE MARK, SZ AND CYPHER, SIGNED WAGNER Finely painted with a half-length portrait of a beauty holding daisies 9 ¼ in. (23.4 cm.) high, 6 ¼ in. (15.8 cm.) wide, excluding the giltwood frame
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