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Lot 218 · Christie's Interiors

Late 19Th Early 20Th Century

A FRENCH GILT-BRONZE AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED EBONY SECRETAIRE A ABBATANT

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Estimate
£700–£1,000 hammer ≈ $1,136–$1,623
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Christie's Interiors, London (South Kensington) · 15 December 2009
Record ID
TB-2026-5151071
Record
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A FRENCH GILT-BRONZE AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED EBONY SECRETAIRE A ABBATANT, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY. Christie's, 15 Dec 2009, lot 218. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5151071.

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A FRENCH GILT-BRONZE AND PORCELAIN MOUNTED EBONY SECRETAIRE A ABBATANT, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY. Christie's, 15 Dec 2009, lot 218. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5151071.

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From the same sale Christie's Interiors · Dec 2009

LotArtistEstimateResult
A French brass, green onyx and champlevé enamel striking four-glass m… A French brass, green onyx and champlevé enamel striking four-glass mantel clock, circa 1890 £200–£300
Mark of Hamilton and Inches, Edinburgh, 1913, the Kettle 1914 A SCOTTISH SILVER FOUR-PIECE TEA SET WITH ASSOCIATED KETTLE-ON-STAND £700–£1,000
Nude on a bed Stuart Scott Somerville £500–£700
The dashing cavalier Jean-louis-ernest Meissonier £600–£1,000
The Penitent Magdalen After Carlo Dolci £800–£1,200
The ballet rehearsal Alfred Aaron Wolmark £700–£1,000

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