Sale 9592
New York
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18 - 19 January 2001
Price realised
USD 8,812
Estimate
A SILVER-MOUNTED COPPER BOWL AND COVER Attributed to Joseph Heinrich, New York, 1900-15 Circular, on domed circular base, the body with three silver-mounted antler handles, the cover applied with arrowheads lashed with silver wire and with simulated silver stitching, the finial formed as the head of a bison, apparently unmarked 8in. diameter
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