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    25 November 2014

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    • AN AUSTRIAN ROCK CRYSTAL AND E
    Lot 116

    AN AUSTRIAN ROCK CRYSTAL AND ENAMEL SEAL WITH SILVER-GILT MOUNTS

    MARK OF GEORG ADAM SCHEID, VIENNA, CIRCA 1900

    Price realised

    GBP 1,062

    Estimate

    GBP 600 - GBP 800

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    AN AUSTRIAN ROCK CRYSTAL AND ENAMEL SEAL WITH SILVER-GILT MOUNTS
    MARK OF GEORG ADAM SCHEID, VIENNA, CIRCA 1900
    The cylindrical rock crystal body with engine-turned mount enamelled in translucent lime green and set with a border of half-pearls, the silver-gilt matrix with intaglio monogram
    3 ¼ in. (8 cm.) high

    Provenance

    Sotheby's, New York, 15 December 1988, lot 253.

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