Sale 6263
London
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24 February 2000
Price realised
GBP 920
Estimate
A Viennese white metal and enamel dish, with two associated jugs Circa 1880 The dish of elongated star shape, the near-pair of jugs each with a cut and shaped spreading rim above an ovoid body, flanked to the side by a scroll handle, one with lattice The dish: 6 in. (15 cm.) wide; The jugs: 33/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high (3)
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