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    • TWO VIENNA STYLE PORTRAIT BOXE
    Lot 207

    TWO VIENNA STYLE PORTRAIT BOXES AND COVERS OF BIEN ETRE AND 'IRRLICHT'

    LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, THE FIRST WITH GREEN W.G. & CO. MARK FOR WILLIAM GUERIN, LIMOGES, FRANCE, SIGNED A.A. KIPP, THE SECOND WITH BLUE BEEHIVE AND INDISTINCT IMPRESSED DEPOSE ...R MARK, SIGNED WAGNER

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    USD 2,500

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    USD 2,000 - USD 3,000

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    TWO VIENNA STYLE PORTRAIT BOXES AND COVERS OF BIEN ETRE AND 'IRRLICHT'
    LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, THE FIRST WITH GREEN W.G. & CO. MARK FOR WILLIAM GUERIN, LIMOGES, FRANCE, SIGNED A.A. KIPP, THE SECOND WITH BLUE BEEHIVE AND INDISTINCT IMPRESSED DEPOSE ...R MARK, SIGNED WAGNER
    The first of circular form, finely painted with an alluring long haired beauty in silk robes within a gilt scroll and flower surround; the second of cartouche shape, painted with a veiled brunette beauty among tall grasses within a tooled gilt oval surround, molded allover with irises
    7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) diameter and 6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) long, respectively (4)

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