Sale 9861
London, South Kensington
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16 June 2004
Price realised
GBP 143
Estimate
A Silver-Plated Novelty Inkwell Apparently unmarked, of recent manufacture Modelled as an elephant's head, the hinged cover with a monkey finial - 5½in. (14cm.) high.
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