Sale 6810
London
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1 October 2003
Price realised
GBP 7,170
Estimate
A pair of Napoleon III ormolu-mounted Vert Maurin marble urns and covers After the model by Gouthiere, Circa 1870 Each lid with a pomegranate finial, the bulbous body flanked to each side by a double-tailed mermaid, on a circular socle, on a square base with canted angles 16 in. (40 cm.) high (2)
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