Sale 5186
London, South Kensington
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3 July 2007
Price realised
GBP 240
Estimate
A FRENCH PEWTER CISTERN AND BASIN MID 18TH CENTURY Of serpentine outline, the upper body engraved with a coat-of-arms, wiht a cover and pair of bronze taps below, the basin with central lobed scallop shell crest, struck three times with mark JOSEPH BB AUX, later mounted on to an oak backplate 19½in. (49.5cm.) wide overall
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