Sale 4082
London, South Kensington
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11 May 2006
Price realised
GBP 420
Estimate
THREE VARIOUS ENGLISH MILLEFIORI WEIGHTS AND A PIN-TRAY 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES Comprising: an English multicoloured concentric weight; a Whitefriars translcucent red-ground scattered weight dated 1977; a Whitefriars faceted concentric weight dated 1974; and a Whitefriars concentric pin-tray The first 3½ in. (9 cm.) diam. (4)
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