Sale 8007
New York, East
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4 June 1997
Price realised
USD 1,035
Estimate
A VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED DRESSING TABLE MIRROR Maker's mark of William Comyns, London, 1891 Rectangular with rounded ends, with wood easel back, with remains of velvet underneath, the silver mount openwork with foliate scrolls enclosing figures, masks, birds and mythical figures, the top with initial and coronet engraved oval, wreath enclosed cartouche--17½in. (44.4cm.) high
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