Sale 8018
London
|
9 December 2011
Price realised
GBP 812
Estimate
A CONTINENTAL GOLD VESTA-CASE APPARENTLY UNMARKED, LATE 19TH CENTURY In the form of a baby, holding a rattle and wrapped in swaddling clothes, with suspension ring, the base with striking surface 2 in. (4.8 cm.) high 0.4 oz. (12 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 15 September 1998, lot 68.
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