Sale 5006
London, South Kensington
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28 - 29 November 2006
Price realised
GBP 480
Estimate
MILITARY INTEREST:- A SILVER STATUETTE OF AN OFFICER OF THE ROYAL SCOTS (1ST FOOT), MARK OF ASPREY & CO., LONDON, 1939, Wearing the uniform of the Grenadier Company of circa 1825, his peaked bearskin cap with side tassels & frontal plate, gorget , thistle tail ornaments & chain wings on shoulder, on tall, cylindrical ebonised wood plinth, 10 5/8 in. high (27 cm.).
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