Sale 6185
London
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16 December 1999
Price realised
GBP 6,325
Estimate
A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY WALL-BRACKETS Third quarter 18th Century Each with rectangular moulded cornice above a shaped edge and incurved foliate-wreathed lower section, terminating in a corbel block and pine-cone finial one: 8 in. (21.5 cm.) high, the other: 9 in. (23 cm.) high; 10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide; 5 in. (14 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Chateau D'Eu
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