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Excerpt from English, French, and Other Furniture, Oriental Rugs, Georgian Silver and Sheffield Plate, Tapestries, Paintings, Furs, Objects of Art, Property of the Estates of the Late Harriet C. Messervy, Sara Stern, Altha C. Beaufort, Grace M. Dryden: Together With the Property of Dr. Montgomery H. Sicard, Isaac Wolf, Jr., Sold by Their Order; Estate of Watson B. Dickerman, Property Formerly Belonging to the Late Helen Slade Ogilvie, and Property of Other Owners; Public Sale October 7, 8, and 9, 1937 Two circular shallow amphora bowls of white Paris porcelain, with painted floral festoons on the sides; each screwed to a bronze dor tripod stand with satyr mascaron tops and cloven - hoof feet, with alabaster base; slight chip in one rim. lot] pair vieux paris gilded porcelain compotiers Formed as a kneeling figure of Bacchus supporting a basket on his head; on oblong plinth base with leonine feet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.