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Lot 210 · Important Gold Boxes Objects of Vertu including Vinaigrettes

A young gentleman, facing left in charcoal grey coat and black waistcoat, frilled white muslin cravat, short curly brown hair

Sampson Towgood Roch

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Estimate
£600–£800 hammer ≈ $859–$1,145
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Important Gold Boxes Objects of Vertu including Vinaigrettes, London · 22 May 2001
Record ID
TB-2026-6266372
Record
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Sampson Towgood Roch, A young gentleman, facing left in charcoal grey coat and black waistcoat, frilled white muslin cravat, short curly brown hair. Christie's, 22 May 2001, lot 210. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6266372.

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Sampson Towgood Roch, A young gentleman, facing left in charcoal grey coat and black waistcoat, frilled white muslin cravat, short curly brown hair. Christie's, 22 May 2001, lot 210. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6266372.

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From the same sale Important Gold Boxes Objects of Vertu including Vinaigrettes · May 2001

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