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    Un hôtel particulier du Faubourg Saint-Germain The Collection of The Marquis and Marquise de Ravenel

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    21 - 22 November 2007

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    • A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III GILT AN
    Lot 131

    A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE VASES AND COVERS

    CIRCA 1870

    Price realised

    GBP 4,375

    Estimate

    GBP 700 - GBP 1,000

    This lot is offered without a reserve

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    A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE VASES AND COVERS
    CIRCA 1870
    Each with acorn finial to the cover, the bodies cast with trailing vines, the socles stamped 'PH MOUREY', on waisted alabaster bases, probably originally for a clock garniture
    8 in. (20.5 cm.) high (2)

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