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    Sale 9847

    AT HOME - PORTRAIT MINIATURES, OBJECTS OF VERTU, ICONS, RUSS

    London, South Kensington

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    18 May 2004

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    Lot 163

    A gilt-metal mounted porcelain scent bottle

    Price realised

    GBP 418

    Estimate

    GBP 300 - GBP 350

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    A gilt-metal mounted porcelain scent bottle
    Painted with a bird and a butterfly, with mirrored base -- 2¾ins. (7cms.); a mother-of-pearl carnet with engraved scrollwork decoration; and ivory patch box; an ivory box, the cover painted with a rural scene; and a silver-gilt engine-turned compact (5)

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