Sale 2440
Amsterdam
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23 November 1999
Price realised
NLG 1,521
Estimate
a raeren stoneware armorial jug 18th Century The globular brown-glazed body applied with a coat of arms, the neck with a bearded man's mask and loop handle (cracks to glaze) 38 cm. (15 in.) high
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