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    Sale 2610

    THE EUROPEAN NOBLE HOUSE SALE

    Amsterdam

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    10 - 11 December 2003

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    • (14)A stained wood and bone tr
    Lot 742

    (14)A stained wood and bone travelling chess set

    FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    EUR 860

    Estimate

    EUR 300 - EUR 400

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    (14)A stained wood and bone travelling chess set
    First half 19th Century
    The hinged box pierced with holes to the top, three pieces missing or broken
    4.5 cm. high x 21 cm. wide x 10.5 cm. deep
    An ebonised wood stereograph, early 20th Century - 35 cm. high; And a silvered compass, by Baumann and Kinzelbach, Stuttgart, 19th Century, in a red paper-lined case, with paper label inscribed 1845 - 6 cm. diam.; And five gilt-metal miniature portrait medallions of Alexander I emporer of Russia, Frederick III of Prussia, Pope Pius VII and two unidentified kings or emporers, in a glazed ebonised frame, - each circa 6 mm. diam.; And a grained papier maché tray, late 19th Century, with four lidded boxes containing specimen stone gambling chips - 32 cm. wide; And four silk and embroidered boxes with specimen stone gambling chips - each 4 cm. high x 7 cm. wide x 4.5 cm. deep; And two enamelled, a hardstone, and a silvered table bell, early 20th Century; And a stained wood and brass telescope; And a silvered metal lorgnette (broken), in red leather presentation box with typed label to the reverse Andenken an J.K.H. die Fürstin Antonia v Hohenzollern - 14 cm. long (14)

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    Pre-Lot Text

    THE PROPERTY OF A DESCENDANT OF MAXIMILIAN EGON II, FÜRST ZU FÜRSTENBERG (1863-1941)

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