Sale 8229
London, South Kensington
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16 December 1998
Price realised
GBP 4,025
Estimate
An Edwardian brass club fender Of rectangular form, the railed front applied with urn-shaped relief mounts in the neo-classical taste below the green leather upholstered seats 55½in. (141cm) wide; 14in. (35.5cm) deep
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