Sale 6887
London, South Kensington
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2 May 2012
Price realised
GBP 4,000
Estimate
A MEISSEN LOBED PLATE FROM THE ST. ANDREW FIRST CALLED SERVICE MID-19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, RED WAX HERMITAGE INVENTORY NUMBER Painted with a bouquet of flowers within a moulded band of Gotzkowsky erhabene Blumen, the border with the Imperial Russian arms and the cross of the Order of St. Andrew, within a gilt rim 9 5/8 in. (24/4 cm.) wide
Provenance
Dr. Andreina Torre, and thence by descent
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