Sale 1339
New York
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20 January 2004
Price realised
USD 3,107
Estimate
A SWEDISH MARKET ARMORIAL PLATE CIRCA 1750 With the arms of Skytte above LAGOM, the rim with three blue enamel clusters of flowering branches 9 in. (23 cm.) diam.
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