Sale 1033
New York
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3 April 2002
Price realised
USD 2,820
Estimate
A SET OF FOUR SILVER-GILT SWEETMEAT DISHES, Marked with spurious English 18th Century hallmarks; on stepped cross-form bases, the hemispherical bowls raised on four legs with hoof feet and ram's head joins, with an applied border of repeating roses in medallions. 4¼in. (10.6cm.) high; 48oz. (1498gr.) (4)
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