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    Sale 5969

    A West Country Tradition - Avon Antiques, Bradford-upon-Avon, Wiltshire

    London, South Kensington

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    21 May 2009

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    Lot 154

    A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU COASTERS

    EARLY 19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 1,625

    Estimate

    GBP 500 - GBP 800

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    A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU COASTERS
    EARLY 19TH CENTURY
    Cast with a band of sun flowers above a band of guilloche, now with mahogany base plates
    6 in. (15 cm.) diameter (2)

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