Sale 12601
Paris
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3 - 4 May 2016
Price realised
EUR 8,750
Estimate
BOITE A HOSTIES EN ARGENT ET VERMEIL APPAREMMENT SANS POINCON, DEBUT XVIIème SIECLE Rectangulaire sur quatre pieds en forme de lion, les côtés et le couvercle à charnière gravés d'enroulements fleuris et centrés de cartouches figurant la Nativité, la Crucifixion, la Résurrection, l'Ascension et la Pentecôte, l'intérieur en vermeil Longueur: 14 cm. (5 ½ in.) 464 gr. (14.90 oz.)
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A PARCEL-GILT HOST BOX, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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