Sale 6760
London
|
6 March 2003
Price realised
GBP 1,135
Estimate
AN ITALIAN BONE-INLAID EBONISED FRUITWOOD MIRROR Early 18th century The rectangular plate in a deep frame decorated with scrolling foliage, the upper and lower panels centred by pewter urns, the side panels inlaid with engraved bone panels depicting a man and a woman, in a ripple-moulded outer frame 22 x 18¼ in. (56 x 46.5 cm.)
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