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    Sale 6471

    THE HUMPHREY WHITBREAD COLLECTION

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    5 April 2001

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    • A PAIR OF GEORGE IV CUT-GLASS
    Lot 382

    A PAIR OF GEORGE IV CUT-GLASS AND ORMOLU TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA

    Price realised

    GBP 4,112

    Estimate

    GBP 2,500 - GBP 5,000

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    A PAIR OF GEORGE IV CUT-GLASS AND ORMOLU TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
    Each with a faceted baluster stem with pendant-hung canopy below a cone finial, with a pair of scrolled foliate branches, each with a pendant-hung drip-pan and faceted nozzle with raised lip, on a turned base, lacking two drip-pan pendants, minor restorations and replacements to drops
    17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high (2)

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