Sale 1787
New York
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18 - 19 January 2007
ANOTHER PROPERTY
Price realised
USD 1,440
Estimate
A SILVER ELEPHANT-FORM FITTING MARK OF WHITING MFG. CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1885 In the Aesthetic taste, in the form of an elephant's head, with stylized scrolls and flowers on an etched ground, now without glass, marked under the trunk 8½ in. long; 18 oz.
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