Sale 5150
London, South Kensington
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24 May 2007
Price realised
GBP 240
Estimate
TWO PAIRS OF DECANTERS AND STOPPERS AND ANOTHER 19TH CENTURY Comprising: a pair of faceted decanters and stoppers each engraved with the conjoined crests of a lion and a bird, about 11½ in. (29.3 cm.) high; a pair of cylindrical decanters and two stoppers cut with arcades and geometrical cutting; and a facted decanter and a hollow star-cut mushroom stopper (10)
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