Sale 8323
New York, East
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14 December 1999
Price realised
USD 184
Estimate
A FRENCH GILT ALTAR SET Late 19th Century Comprising a tray and a pair of cruets, the waved oval tray with scrolled borders decorated overall with fruiting grapevines and cattails, with four medallions depicting scences from the Book of Revelations, the cruets with hinged lids decorated with a cluster of grapes or a loaf of bread, issuing scrolling vine-form handles on circular bases The tray 12in. (32cm.) long The cruets 6in. (15cm.) high (3)
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