Sale 1931
New York
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17 - 18 July 2007
Price realised
USD 4,200
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A Napoleon III ormolu, shell and turquoise-painted glass etui Third Quarter 19th Century, later over-painted The shell-mounted sides enclosing a perfume-bottle, on a shell and vine-cast foot 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high
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