Sale 5255
London, South Kensington
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21 February 2007
Price realised
GBP 300
Estimate
TWO SILVER-MOUNTED CIGARETTE BOXES WM. HUTTON & SONS, BIRMINGHAM, 1910 AND BIRMINGHAM, 1951 A sil. mtd. glass toilet bottle; 4 sil. mtd. glass ashtrays; gilt-lined snuff box, Birmingham, 1920; and a Late Victorian hand mirror embossed with foliage, masks and exotic birds, London 1898 (11)
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