Sale 9150
London, South Kensington
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10 July 2001
Price realised
GBP 258
Estimate
A PAIR OF BRONZED BOOK ENDS The backplates cast with a figure of a golfer in relief and inscribed Profanity, and impressed Connecticut Foundry Co, Copyright 1928; a rectangular yellow-metal vesta case, the hinged lid depicting a panel of a golfer; a modern bronzed figure of a lady golfer; a Clifton ceramic tobacco jar and cover, transfer-printed with a young golfer, inscribed It's Plus Fours as Does it; a similar mug; and a ceramic mug decorated with a figure of a golfer in relief, the handle modelled as golf bag (6)
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