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The Dr. Peter Brew Collection — E. J. Ainger Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:E. J. Ainger Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:509
Sale Title:The Dr. Peter Brew CollectionLots with images:338
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:450
Date:29-Mar-2015
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A Victorian cast iron plant stand with four tiers, each with pierced foliate decoration, the supports cast of lions heads with paw feet. 96 cm high, 122 cm wide, 60 cm deep
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A bird bath, circular with moulded and a bulbous column with a flared base. 75 cm high, 50 cm wide
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A concrete figure cast of a Chinese warrior
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A copper insert on an iron stand (45 cm high) with a lemon tree together with two terracotta pots (38 cm high) with plant and a copper insert
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A pair Beatrice Potter iron rabbits. 48 cm high
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A cast iron sun dial. The hexagonal column on a pierced base. 61 cm high, 33 cm wide
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A birdbath, with shaped base and column, the oval bath with cast bird rear end. 56c high, 32 cm wide
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French school 19th century pencil drawing Promenade unsigned 32 x 23.5 cm
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A French green painted jardiniere having ormolu bronze mounts and raised brass gallery
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A three piece French Louis XV style white marble clock set with gilt bronze bird decoration
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A Wedgwood dinner service. Hathaway rose pattern. Bone china, made in England, comprising eight (8) dinner plates, eight (8) entree plates, eight (8) side plates, eight (8) tea cups and six (six) saucers, eight (8) soup bowls, eight (8) coupes and stands, eight (8) fruit bowls, eight (8) coffee cans and saucers, two (2) vegetable tureens and covered, two (2) oval serving dishes, one (1) soup tureen and cover, one (1) gravy boat and stand, one (1) large meat platter, one (1) round platter, one (1) teapot…
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A pair of James Stinton 1870-1961 watercolours. One of chicks in Scottish landscape, one of a pheasant. Watercolours one signed Stinton 20 x 28 cm each
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A rosewood Victorian dressing stool with tapestry upholstery on cabriole legs
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A Victorian silver salver. Sheffield 1900 with a shell border on paw feet. 781 grams
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Stunning Victorian horse and rider decorated sterling silver claret jug, London 1816 maker WH. 770 grams
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A Victorian silver presentation salver. Maker E Viners Sheffield 1885
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A mahogany and glass auto trolley
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A Colleen pattern Waterford port decanter and Waterford ovoid shape decanter and stopper together with a pair of possibly Waterford Lismore pattern decanters and stoppers
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A Victorian plated candelabra on an octagonal flared base with deer and Doe on scrolled feet, the stem with grape and vine decoration, with four arms terminating in sconces. 25 cm high
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A pair of French Art Nouveau candlesticks. Period: late 19th century, each cast with a shaped base, flower stem with flower head sconce. 27 cm high
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A plated cutlery canteen, a setting for twelve plus extra pieces
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An early 20th century gilt metal electrolier with foliate decoration and period ruby glass shades
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A fine late Victorian oak dining suite, with a banquet table and six William Mary style dining chairs with carved cresting rail and cane back on cabriole legs terminating in claw and ball feet. 75 cm high, 261 cm long (extended) 120 cm wide
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A fine Iranian carpet with geometric design on a red field within a blue and beige border. 270 cm x 222 cm
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A pair of marble deer book ends
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Plated Art Deco bowl on stand together four jade eggs and six painted eggs
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A set of eight (8) Waterford Crystal Lismore pattern sweets and eleven (11) Waterford Crystal ports together with nine (9) Waterford liqueurs
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A Lismore pattern set of eight (8) hock glasses together with eight (8) red wine glasses. Waterford
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A fine second empire French book case with gallery top above two glazed doors, the lower section with brass banding, frieze drawer on fluted tapering legs. 151 cm high, 85 cm wide, 46 cm deep
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A superb, rare flame mahogany longcase clock, maker W Davies London
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A pair of Coalbrookdale vases of flared forms with flower encrusting, scroll gilt handles on a shaped base. 21 cm high
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A Moore vase with scalloped edge, applied cacti flowers decoration on scrolled feet. 12 cm high
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A Royal Worcester vase with painted roses 13 cm high. Condition a small chip to rim
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A William Moorcroft tea pot, sugar bowl and jug. 'Spring flowers'. There is a chip in the spout of the teapot. Teapot 18 cm high
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A Sevres style Jewell casket painted with Watteau scene above reserves of landscape, the hinged top with ormolu banding enclosing painted sprigs of flowers 19 cm long, 15 cm wide, 8 cm high
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19th century Indian ivory carved tusks, Highest 21 cm (approx.)
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A Sevres style Jewell casket painted with Watteau scenes above reserves of landscape, the hinged top with ormolu banding enclosing gilt sprigs of flowers. 9 cm high, 22 cm long, 13 cm deep
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A Royal Vienna tea caddy with cover, painted reserves and jewelling within celeste bleu. Condition: the cover has a slight chip. 14.5 cm high
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A pair of Royal Worcester plates painted John Stinton, each with pheasant and chick in a Scottish landscape, within a moulded border and gilt edge. Puce mark. Date cipher 1915, 21.5 cm diameter. Together with a Locke Worcester sugar caster
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A French carriage clock circa 1850, with all over engraving, striking petite and grande (every 15 minutes). Bought from Theordore and Alexander Goff Ltd (Hong Kong) (from London originally)
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A Royal Worcester Ernest Phillips cup and saucer, with floral central painted vignettes of flowers within a pink ground with raised gilt foliate. Signed E Phillips. Date cipher 1928
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A singing bird automaton, German, the single automated bird perched on a stand entwined with delicate foliage, within a brass cage mounted on a brass etched base decorated with geometric motif on four baluster feet 25 cm high
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Royal Worcester Richard Sebright painted cabinet plate, the central circular reserve painted with pears, raspberries, and leaves, signed R. Sebright, within a wide cobalt blue with profuse gilt with panels of swags and scrolls. Puce mark. 1924. 24 cm diameter
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A deep green, Qing period jade Buddha. 7 cm high
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Seven ivory okimino on ebonized carved stand, each signed on base of the figure. Height approx. 5 cm
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A Victorian overlay ruby glass vase and cover, possibly Richardson with white overlay, gilt and enamelled decoration on a bulbous stem and domed base with a presentation panel. 31 cm high
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A set of three Venetian overlay hock glasses. One ruby, one purple and one green each with a thumb-pressed bowl on a hexagonal stem and base. 19.5 cm high. Together with five various Venetian overlay glasses. (8)
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A matched pair of pate-sur-pate moderator lamp bases, late 19th century. One decorated with a classical woman, the reverse with a mask and scrolls. The other with floral subjects, each on a pale celadon ground the mounts cast with leaves and scrolls, the base with leaves and flower heads. Ex. Sotheby's, West Sussex, UK
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A brass bound coromandel tea caddy, circa 1860. Rectangular form with decorative engraving, the domed cover enclosing two tea compartments. Ex. Theodore and Alexander Goff Ltd (Hong Kong)
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Louis XV-style kingwood vitrine with a rouge marble top above a frieze with C-scroll marquetry decoration, a pair of glazed doors flanked by glazed sides, on short tapering legs with ormolu sabots. 141 cm high, 141 cm wide, 39 cm deep
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A pair of 19th century Charles x style French carved walnut fauteuils each with padded backs, out swept carved arms on turned legs with stretchers
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French 19th century figural gilt bronze and candelabra, loosely draped classical figure on an oval base with flower motifs
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A Qing period Chinese bowl with brightly painted reserves of flowers and foliage, encompassed by a banding of French ormolu on a French ormolu base. 12 cm high, 37 cm diameter
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A Victorian burr walnut tilt top loo table, the quarter veneered oval top raised on a quadripartite platform base with four out swept legs. 70 cm high, 130 cm long, 106 cm wide
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A liquor set, c.1830-1840, comprising: three cut crystal decanters and stoppers, twelve glasses, on circular gilt metal tray with handle in the form of a gilt metal figure of a putto on crystal pedestal. 32 cm high, 29.5 cm wide. Ex. Frides Lameris, Amsterdam
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A Victorian walnut and marquetry inlaid music cabinet, inlaid with stringing, the two rectangular upper tiers with turned supports. Below is a glazed panelled door enclosing shelves, on turned feet with ceramic castors. Ex. Sotheby's, West Sussex, UK
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A German 800 silver coffee pot, kettle and a teapot. Bulbous reeded form. 21 cm high.509gm, 799gm, and 869gm
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Artist, 19th century. Meeting at Inn. Oil on card. 10 x 14 cm. Unsigned
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A Chinese carved ivory puzzle ball and stand. 10 cm high
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Two Coalport figures moulded of pharaohs
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A Royal Worcester vase, painted Reginald Austin, baluster form painted with Australian flowers signed 'R Austin'. Australia wild flower series, date cipher for 1898. 12 cm high
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Rare gilt metal and enamel combined timepiece carriage clock, barometer, thermometer and compass, in original fitted case by R. & Co., Paris, circa 1900. Rectangular turned and fluted columns, the frieze decorated with champleve blue enamel on floral ground with matching dial masks. Matt silvered dials for time with Roman numerals, barometer, Fahrenheit thermometer and compass above. Blued-steel 'spade' hands. Rectangular, brass plates, going barrel. Frosted and silvered lateral lever platform escapement…
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A Royal Worcester oval dish painted Harry Stinton, with two cattle and a gilt gadrooned border. Green mark. Date cypher. 11.5 cm
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A Royal Worcester vase by Ernest Barker, painted with a scene of black-faced sheep in a Scottish highland landscape, signed E. Barker, green printed factory marks to base shape G995 date cipher 1912 15 cm
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A Royal Worcester plate, decorated with an extensive view of the Malvern Hills with sheep beneath oak trees and gorse. Signed Davis. Date cipher 1934, diameter 27.5 cm
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A Royal Worcester reticulated vase by George Owen, raised on a pierced circular foot, the body with band of honeycomb reticulation flanked by capped handles, flared moulded neck, and fine gilt decoration. 14 cm high
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A Royal Worcester Harry Stinton pot pourri urn and cover, the squat spherical body painted with two highland cattle signed H Stinton, the pierced and gilded domed cover with finial, raised on four scrolling and gilded feet. Black mark shape height 261. Date cipher 1952 10 cm high
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A Royal Worcester plate, signed Stinton. Kilchurn Castle Scotland in landscape within a magenta jewelled border. Gold mark 17 cm diameter
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A Royal Worcester ewer, by George Owen, dated 1901, with reticulated bands, painted floral decorations. Puce mark. 15.5 cm high
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A Royal Worcester vase painted Kitty Blake, trumpet shape and painted with blackberries, foliage and blossom, signed, shape G923, puce mark. 15 cm high
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A Royal Worcester vase painted Harry Stinton. Signed H Stinton. Cylindrical form painted with two highland cattle in misty Scottish highlands. Shape H 257. Puce mark. Date cipher 1931 10 cm high
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A Royal Worcester ovoid vase and cover, with two pierced scroll handles and turned knop, painted by John Stinton, with highland cattle, within blush ivory borders, with gilt highlights, on a round base, printed mark, in green cipher date,1904 shape number 'G962' 23.5 cm high
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A Royal Crown Derby vase, Cipher mark 1926. Bulbous form with flared moulded neck, on flared base. Deep pink above yellow with raised gilt. Condition a small chip to the rim in gilt. 30 cm high
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A Royal Worcester vase painted Horace Price, trumpet shape, painted with peaches, grapes and foliage, signed, H Price, G923. Blue mark. 19 cm high
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A Victorian ruby glass vase, trumpet shape, with a painted cameo and gilt decoration. 32 cm high
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A Louis XV style rosewood late 19th century vitrine, with an inversed cornice banded with ormolu, above a serpentine shaped glazed door flanked by curved glazed sides above floral marquetry, supported on small cabriole legs with ormolu sabots 165 cm high, 70 cm wide, 52 cm deep
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A pair of satinwood early 20th century jardinieres in 18th century style with ebonised banding. 41 cm high. Ex. Christies Darling Street
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A 20th century brass fire surround together with iron shovel and tongs. 153 cm wide, 37 cm deep
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A pair of Sitzendorf candelabra, each with flower encrusting and the stems with moulded figures. 43 cm high
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Pair of Charles x ormolu-mounted malachite oil lamps, second quarter 19th century, each with an urn-shaped body raised on a circular malachite base with an ormolu border ending in bun feet, the whole decorated with guilloche, trailing grape leaves, stylized palmette and berried laurel leaf borders. 15 cm high. Ex. Sotheby's New York
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A pair of large Sevres style ormolu mounted baluster vases and covers, late 19th century. Marked', 'Chateau de Tuileries ', each of bulbous form painted with sprigs of flowers on yellow ground with a deep blue base and deep blue cover with ormolu pineapple finial, each 35 cm high
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A late Victorian over mantle, the arched plate within a gadrooned frame surmounted by grapes and vine leaves. 129 cm high, 129 cm wide
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A Chinese Peking carpet, rose pink field with medallions of flowers with beige border. 380 cm long, 278 cm wide
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A Chinese Republic period low table, the inset panel decorated with ladies and pagodas above a carved frieze on short cabriole legs. 30 cm high, 104 cm long, 58 cm wide
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A circa 1970 settee with button back and two loose cushions
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Italian 20th century musical table. 46 cm high, cm 45wide
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A Continental satinwood jewelled casket, the hinge-top with jewel panels. 25 cm high, 48 cm long, 33 cm wide
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A pair of bronze, white marble and ormolu four-light candelabras. 19th century. In the Louis XVI style, each with a draped maiden holding a cornucopia ensuing three scrolling foliate branches and drip pans around a central ring-turned finial with foliate drop pan, mounted on a circular column above a square plinth, losses to the marble plinth, minor restorations. 77 cm high. Ex. Christie's. Amsterdam
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A French Louis XV-style bureau-plat, the top decorated with floral marquetry and brass egg and dart banding, on cabriole legs with ormolu sabots. 75 cm high, 100 cm long, 64 cm deep
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A Colleen pattern Waterford wine jug and stopper together with Colleen pattern Waterford ships decanter
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A suite of Waterford Colleen pattern crystal glasses comprising a wine carafe, six (6) tumblers and six (6) red wine glasses.
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A Mary Gregory stem vase painted with child in landscape (27 cm high) together with a similar blue Mary Gregory tumbler and a ruby Murano liqueur set, (decanter 30 cm high)
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A Leeds cream ware basket, circa 1775 Provenance: Howard collection. 25 cm diameter, 7.5 cm high
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A Waterford Lismore pattern wine carafe together with a Waterford Crystal finger bowl
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Two Royal Worcester birds, a fledgling gold finch together with a Royal Worcester fledgling wren. Black mark, each approx. 11 cm high
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Two Welsh wax pictures in relief 'Fresh from the country' and 'The, afternoon cup'. 18.5 cm x 14 cm
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A 19th century Australian cedar bookcase with moulded cornice, above a pair of glazed doors the lower section with long drawer, above a pair of panel doors flanked by carved corbels. 226 cm high, 104 cm wide, 50 cm deep
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A Louis XV style gilt side chair with carved frieze above a padded back on cabriole legs
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A pair of 19th century Charles x style French carved walnut fauteuils each with padded backs, out swept carved arms on scrolled legs with stretchers
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A Lalique France glass bowl. 9 cm high
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