Sale 2444
Amsterdam
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15 December 1999
Price realised
NLG 9,947
Estimate
A set of three giltwood two-light wall appliques Each with a tapering fluted backplate carved with guilloche and foliate trails, issuing the foliate scrolling branches with circular drip pans and nozzles, with a flaming urn finial and a foliate boss, restorations 78cm. high x 37cm. wide x 19cm. deep (3)
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