Sale 1633
New York
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7 - 8 March 2006
Price realised
USD 900
Estimate
A VICTORIAN POLYCHROME PAINTED EBONIZED CIRCULAR TILT-TOP TABLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY 27½in. (70cm) high, 36½in. (93cm) diameter
Provenance
Mr & Mrs Henry J Heinz II, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, March 18/19, 1977, lot 224.
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