Sale 6697
London
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31 October 2002
Price realised
GBP 3,585
Estimate
A German silver meat-dish Mark of Gebrüder Friedländer, Berlin, dated 1893, 800 standard Shaped oval with ribbon-bound reeded border cast and chased at intervals with fruiting vines, engraved with WR monogram with Royal Prussian crown above for Emperor Wilhelm II, marked on reverse 21¼in. (54cm.) long 63oz. (1,989gr.)
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