Sale 8512
New York, Park Avenue
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30 - 31 October 1996
Price realised
USD 3,680
Estimate
A BERLIN K.P.M. THREE-TIERED CENTERPIECE CIRCA 1840, BLUE SCEPTRE AND KPM AND IRON-RED ORB AND KPM MARKS With gilt spire finial above a baluster and a gilt-rimmed plate supported by a flaring column and another plate all on a tall baluster and flaring circular base, the supports with green and gilt gadroons, blue foliage on an iron-red band, a wide band of pink and green stylized flowering branches reserved in gilt stiff-leaf tips edged with blue triangles encircling yellow florettes and with wide gilt rims, finial restuck, restored chip on one rim 21 5/8in. (55cm.) high (3)
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