Sale 5543
Ashurst, Kent
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27 September 2004
Price realised
GBP 6,572
Estimate
AN ENGLISH CARRARA MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE Circa 1860 The central tablet with flowering basket flanked by confoming volutes to the jambs 47¾in. (121.5cm.) high, 72½in. (184cm.) wide, 13¼in. (33.5cm.) deep; the opening -- 38½in. (98cm.) high, 40in. (101.5cm.) wide
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