Sale 5006
London, South Kensington
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28 - 29 November 2006
Price realised
GBP 1,440
Estimate
THREE SIMILAR LARGE LATE 19TH CENTURY DUTCH SILVER CASTERS, WITH PSEUDO MARKS, ONE ADDITIONALLY WITH DATE LETTER FOR 1896, In the early 18th Century style, gadroon borders, pierced & fluted covers with bayonet fitting, engraved with arms & additionally with an English crest, the lower bodies chased with diaperwork enclosing foliate motifs, 8½ in. high (22 cm.), 35 oz. (3)
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