Sale 4082
London, South Kensington
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11 May 2006
Price realised
GBP 480
Estimate
A PAIR OF MEISSEN BALUSTER VASES CIRCA 1900, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, PRESSNUMMERN, INCISED NUMERALS Each with entwined snake-twist handles, painted with a bouquet of fruit and leaves, below gilt gadrooned lower-part 10 7/8 in. (27.7 cm.) high (2)
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