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Lot 188

A St. Louis faceted floral garland wafer dish, circa 1850

18 May 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£1,500 - £2,000

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A St. Louis faceted floral garland wafer dish, circa 1850

Set with a central blue flower within a linked 'Tricolore' garland of red, white and blue flowers and various leaves, with a distinctive concave top, the sides cut all around with honeycomb facets, 7.6cm diam, 3.5cm high

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Provenance:
Sold by Sotheby's 10 July 1972, lot 89
The Léon Darnis Collection

A very similar wafer dish was in the Baroness de Bellet Collection sold by Bonhams 19 May 2010, lot 107. Another was in the Maurice Lindon Collection, Sotheby's sale 2 July 1957, lot 146. See also L.H. Selman's catalogue 61, Fall 2015, item 26.

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