Sale 8810
Los Angeles
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20 November 1997
Price realised
USD 690
Estimate
A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF BRASS UTENSILS Comprising a Franco-Flemish Baroque style adjustable chamber stick and snuffer, 5in. (13cm.) high; a pitcher, 11¼in. (28.5cm.) high; a cylindrical match container, 10½in. (26.5cm.) high; a lyre-form trivet with turned walnut handle, 5¼in. (13.5cm.) high; and a coal bin, with brass carrying handle above a hinged flap molded with scrolling blossoming foliage, on reeded swelling feet, 11¼in. (29cm.) high, 9¾in. (25cm.) wide (6)
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