Sale 7252
New York, Park Avenue
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8 May 1991
Price realised
USD 14,300
Estimate
A SET OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND POLISHED STEEL FIRE TOOLS MID-18TH CENTURY Comprising a shovel, pair of tongs and stand, each with a handle cast as a hound on baluster-throned shaft--the stand 29½in. (73.7cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Sobethy's London, ----June 1990, lot----
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