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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Property From The Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE & Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
• Sale Date:
  31 Mar 2015 ~ 6pm Session 1: Lots 1 - 162
  01 Apr 2015 ~ 6pm Session 2: Lots 163 - 461
• Lot #:
  16
• Lot Description:
  A Silver gilt presentation dressing mirror, Continental, circa 1900
  the silver gilt mirror frame formed as an ovoid laurel wreath, the bottom of which is secured with a bow, inset with diamonds and white sapphires to read 'To Melba from her company 1904 1905', overlaid with blue enamel 'ADA SASSOLI / ELLISON VAN HOOSE / CHARLES GILIBERT / R.C. BECK / LLEWELA DAVIES / W.H. BRENNAN / CHARLES K. NORTH / E.R. HENDRICKSON'. The leaves of the wreath inscribed with 'PORTLAND MAINE, SALT LAKE CITY, LOUISVILLE, DORCESTER, PORTLAND OREGON, ROCHESTER, PHILADELPHIA, VANCOUVER, SEATTLE, BALTIMORE, SPRINGFIELD MASS, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, SAN FRANCISCO, BUFFALO, SAN DIEGO, PITTSBURGH, LOS ANGELES, TOLEDO, DETROIT, ALBUQUERQUE, DALLAS, TORONTO, SAN ANTONIO, PROVIDENCE, BOSTON, HOUSTON, ST. LOUIS, NEW ORLEANS, MEMPHIS, KANSAS CITY, SAVANNAH, CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS, PALM BEACH, COLUMBUS, JACKSONVILLE, MILWAUKEE, BIRMINGHAM, MINNEAPOLIS, ATLANTA, CEDAR RAPIDS, NASHVILLE, OMAHA, TOPEKA, CINCINNATI, DENVER, CLEVELAND' on a green velvet ground, with adjustable bracket to verso
  375mm high, 300mm wide, 200mm deep when extended
• Provenance:
  The Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE
• Estimate:
  A$7,000 - 10,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Silver

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