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    Un hôtel particulier du Faubourg Saint-Germain The Collection of The Marquis and Marquise de Ravenel

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    21 - 22 November 2007

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    • A GEORGE V SILVER-MOUNTED COCO
    Lot 492

    A GEORGE V SILVER-MOUNTED COCONUT-CUP

    MARK OF CARRINGTON & CO, LONDON, 1933

    Price realised

    GBP 250

    Estimate

    GBP 400 - GBP 600

    This lot is offered without a reserve

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    A GEORGE V SILVER-MOUNTED COCONUT-CUP
    MARK OF CARRINGTON & CO, LONDON, 1933
    The coconut cup bowl with an everted rim and scalloped straps, on a trumpet base, the rim engraved with an inscription and trailing foliage within strapwork, marked near rim, on straps and on foot
    8¾ in. (22.3 cm.) high
    The inscription reads 'F.W.E. EX DONO H.C.M. 1933'

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