Sale 1809
New York
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7 - 8 March 2007
Price realised
USD 1,440
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This lot is offered without a reserve
A VIENNA PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A LADY AND A SULZBACH CRINOLINE GROUP, IMPRESSED BINDENSHIELD MARK AND B TO THE FIRST, BLUE BEEHIVE MARK TO THE SECOND, CIRCA 1755, the fashionable woman holding a basket of flowers against her left hip; the thin crinoline figures standing hand in hand 6in. (15.2cm.) high (2)
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