Sale 1527
New York
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2 December 2004
Price realised
USD 598
Estimate
A GROUP OF GILT METAL CORONATION BUTTONS, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY, bearing varous busts, eagles or sheilds, two relating to Louis XVI, six relating to Napoleon I, and two Relating to Louis XVIII, framed and glazed each 1/2in. (1.25cm) diameter
Provenance
The Robert Florey Collection, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Monaco, 6 October 1980, lot 905.
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