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    From the Collection of King George I of the Hellenes

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    24 - 25 January 2007

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    • A VICTORIAN SILVER BASKET
    Lot 114

    A VICTORIAN SILVER BASKET

    MARK OF ROBERT HENNELL, LONDON, 1864

    Price realised

    GBP 1,200

    Estimate

    GBP 100 - GBP 200

    This lot is offered without a reserve

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    A VICTORIAN SILVER BASKET
    MARK OF ROBERT HENNELL, LONDON, 1864
    Realistically modelled as a wicker basket, with rope-twist handle, engraved with Greek cypher below Greek Royal crown, marked on body
    3½ in. (9 cm.) long
    3 oz. (108 gr.)
    The cypher is that of King George I of the Hellenes, Prince of Denmark (1845-1913).

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