Sale 7817
London
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28 - 29 October 2009
Price realised
GBP 4,750
Estimate
A FRENCH SILVER SOUP TUREEN, COVER AND STAND MARK OF TETARD FRERES, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY Oval and with spreading foot, the cover, foot and conforming stand each with an anthemion border, with two double snake handles, the domed cover with a fruiting finial, marked under stand, on cover bezel and on foot of tureen the stand 25 in. (64 cm.) wide 222 oz. (6,899 gr.)
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