Sale 8552
London, South Kensington
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4 October 1999
Price realised
GBP 218
Estimate
A Transparent Amber Glass Bottle 1800-1900 Of slender cylindrical shape, the honey-brown glass imitating amber and with a fine dense crackle within its matrix, stopper 3.1/8in. (8cm.) high
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For a similar green glass bottle, see Sotheby's, New York, 17 March 1997, lot 76
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