Seven miniature silver animals, Patrick Mavros, Harare
Cape and Continental Silver, Furniture and Design
About the Sessionincluding The Louis & Mavis Shill Collection of Cape Silver
About this Item
Seven miniature silver animals, Patrick Mavros, Harare
comprising: a rhino, an elephant, a giraffe, a leopard, a hippopotamus, a guineafowl and a mongoose challenging a cobra, set to an indigenous Zimbabwean timber base, with maker's initials, the elephant base6,4cm wide
*This lot is not suitable for export
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