Sale 6179
London
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8 July 1999
Price realised
GBP 4,600
Estimate
A TORTOISESHELL BATON With silver mounts, surmounted by a fleur-de-lys finial and terminating with the arms of three fleur-de-lys surmounted by a crown 14 in. (36.2 cm.) long
Provenance
Rothschild inv. no. AR1398.
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Literature
1903 Theresianumgasse Inventory, p. 131, no. 331. 1934 Theresianumgasse Inventory, p. 278, no. 30.
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