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Pair of Pearlware Pottery Baskets England Circa 1820
$1,100.00This pair of elegant oval-shaped pearlware baskets and stands were made by Thomas Fell & Co**, St Peter’s Pottery, Newcastle upon Tyne, circa 1830. The baskets were made to hold bread or baked sweets. They also look great filled with flowers (see image #2)
The creamware body was pearled with a lovely blue-white glaze and painted with touches of purple enamel*.
We see decorative purple lines along the top and bottom of the baskets, and the strap handles are each painted with a purple floral design (see image #5)
Pressed out in a mold, the baskets have lovely arcaded openwork sides.
The stands also have a band of arcaded openwork.
The baskets and stands are decorated with three lines of purple enamel defining the border and the outer edge.
**One of the stands is impressed on the underside with the “F and “Anchor” marks of Thomas Fell & Co. St Peter’s Pottery, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England.Dimensions: the baskets measure 5″ tall x 10.5″ from handle to handle
The stands 10.5″ wide x 8.25″ deepCondition: Excellent with original light craquelure in the glaze
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Wedgwood Creamware Basket and Stand Made England Circa 1820
$435.00This elegant Wedgwood creamware basket and stand have matching pierced arcades.
The borders of the stand and the basket are decorated with midnight brown slip, as are the basket’s handles.
Pressed out in a mold, the basket has impressed horizontal bands of decoration.
Dimensions: The basket 4″ tall x 9.25″ long x 5″ wideCondition: Very good with small kiln burns where the original glaze didn’t take
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French Golden Paris Porcelain Pierced Basket 19th Century Circa 1840
$1,800.00This elegant Paris Porcelain pierced basket is oval shaped, with lavishly gilded latticework.
The Empire style is timeless, and the latticework of the baskets lends delicacy and light to the design.
The white line across the top of the base accentuates the richness of the gold, adding a touch of intensity to the overall design.
The long rectangular base of the basket harmonizes with its oval shape, creating a pleasing visual balance.
Filled with flowers, this is the perfect centerpiece for a formal dining room table, either oval shaped or rectangular.
It would also be exquisite on a sideboard in the dining room.Dimensions: 13.75″ long x 7.5″ wide x 10.75″ tall. The basket is 4.75″ deep.
Condition: Very Good, with some gilt invisibly restored
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French Gilded Paris Porcelain Basket with Pair of Gilded Paris Porcelain Vases
$2,800.00We are pleased to offer this elegant three-part group of Paris Porcelain in the Empire style crafted circa 1840.
The centerpiece is an oval-shaped pierced basket, lavishly gilded with delicate latticework. The golden Empire style lends an air of grandeur to the design, while the intricate latticework adds a sense of delicacy and allows light to play through. The white line across the top of the base further enhances the richness of the gold, creating a touch of intensity. The long rectangular base harmonizes beautifully with the oval shape, creating a visually balanced composition. With dimensions of 13.75″ long x 7.5″ wide x 10.75″ tall and a depth of 4.75″, this basket is perfect as a centerpiece for a formal dining room table, be it oval-shaped or rectangular. It would also make an exquisite addition to a dining room sideboard.
Flanking the centerpiece is a pair of golden Paris Porcelain mantle vases in the Empire style and crafted circa 1840. The gilding on these vases is exquisite. Delicate bands of flowers and matte handles further emphasize the luxury of the gold. These vases stand 12.5″ tall and measure 6″ across the handles, with a depth of 4″. Their dimensions and captivating design make them ideal as companions to the centerpiece or for adorning a mantelpiece.
Both pieces are in very good to excellent condition, with some small touches of gilt invisibly restored on the basket, while the vases are pristine.Dimensions of the basket: 13.75″ long x 7.5″ wide x 10.75″ tall. The basket is 4.75″ deep.
Dimensions of the vases: 12.5″ tall x 6″ across the handles x 4″ deepCondition: Very Good, to Excellent with some touches of gilt invisibly restored on the basket
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Meissen Porcelain 18th Century Leaf Dish Hand Painted Circa 1770
$520.00This large 18th century Meissen porcelain leaf form dish incorporates the prevailing artistic trends of the time. Rococo art was known for its emphasis on asymmetry and naturalistic motifs inspired by nature, such as flowers. Meissen porcelain, in the Rococo style, was characterized by delicate and intricate designs. This dish was hand painted with vibrant hues, including pinks, yellows, greens, orange and purple. The colors were applied in a soft and blended manner, creating a sense of delicacy and elegance. The composition of the floral bouquets is arranged in an informal, loose style. The flowers appear as if they were casually gathered together, creating a sense of spontaneity and natural beauty.
Dimensions: 13″ long x 9.5″ wide x 2″ deep
Condition: Excellent with slight rubbing to the outer edge gilt in one place (seen best in close-up image #3)
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Six Blue and White Dutch Delft Plates Netherlands, circa 1800
$3,240.00This set of six gorgeous blue and white Dutch Delft plates was created in the Netherlands circa 1800.
Each dish is a small work of art, with dimensions ranging from 8.75″ to 9.25″ in diameter.
Despite their age, these plates are in excellent condition, with only very small edge chips that have been expertly and invisibly restored.
Price for the set: $3,240
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Pair of 18th Century English Creamware Dishes With Silver Form Edge
$480.00This pair of 18th-century English creamware dishes were made in the style of silver dishes of the period. This elegant neoclassical style is known as the “silver edge.” The borders are gently lobed, have lovely raised edges, and are divided into six panels.
Dimensions: 7.5″ diameter x 1″ tall
Condition: Excellent
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Pair Wedgwood Pierced Creamware Dishes England Early 19th Century Circa 1810
$760.00Wedgwood decorated this pair of pierced creamware dishes with a lovely band of hand-painted pansies around the border. The brightly colored flowers add a charming touch to the dishes. The beautiful piercings have practical use; they were made to allow water to drain from the dishes when they were filled with cooked vegetables. At the top edge, a thin black line accentuates the diamond-shaped form.
Dimensions: 11.25″ x 9.25″ x 2.5″ tall
Condition: Excellent
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Two 18th Century Pierced Creamware Dishes Oval Shaped Made England Circa 1785
$770.00Both of these creamware dishes have beautiful piercings in the form of hearts, dots, and diamonds. Made in eighteenth-century England circa 1785, they have lovely impressed neoclassical decoration on the border. The main image shows that the lower dish has a “Silver Edge” and the upper dish has a “Feather Edge.” The upper dish also has a pair of female portraits, and both dishes have vine-form decoration.
Dimensions: the upper dish measures 10.5″ x 9″ x .75″ in height, and the lower dish measures 11″ x 9.75″ x .75″ in height
Condition: Excellent with some original light mineral staining on the edge of both dishes
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Set of Four Wedgwood Arcaded Pearlware Oval Dishes England Circa 1840
$480.00This set of four Wedgwood pearlware dishes has a lovely impressed basketweave design, an elegant arcaded edge, with thin lines of blue and green outlining the arcaded edge. The center is delineated by red markings and a thin blue line that echoes the oval shape of each dish.
Dimensions: 10″ long x 8.5″ wide x 1.25″ tall
Condition: Excellent
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Pair Arcaded Creamware Dishes England Circa 1820
$480.00This pair of outstanding arcaded creamware dishes are decorated in the cavetto with lovely sepia-colored grapevines with small grapes and large grape leaves. The border is decorated with an attractive impressed basketweave design, and the edge is arcaded. Thin bands of sepia outline the arcades and encircle the border, accentuating both.
Dimensions: 7.5″ in diameter x .75″ tall
Condition: Excellent
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Large Blue and White Arras Porcelain Round Soup Tureen French 18th Century
$2,200.00This late 18th-century French soup tureen is decorated with an elegant design of delicate cornflower sprigs. The color of the porcelain body is a warm creamy white. The cornflower sprigs, handles, and border edging are decorated with beautiful deep blue enamel. The combination of the creamy white ground and the blue decoration is splendid. The makers of Arras porcelain specialized in porcelain painted in this entrancing twilight blue called “Bleu d’Arras.” Natural forms like the tree branch handle and the blue cornflower decorations were the height of French fashion in the last quarter of the 18th century. This tureen was made at the Arras porcelain factory circa 1780. The underside of the tureen is marked with the letters “AR” and the flying bird symbol of the Arras factory.
Dimensions:10.25″ diameter x 9″ height
Condition: Excellent, with some small original firing cracks along the outer edge of the cover (see image #3).
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Large Blue and White Porcelain Soup Tureen French 18th Century
$3,400.00Decorated with an elegant design of delicate blue cornflower sprigs, this soup tureen was made in Arras, France, in the late 18th century.
The cornflower sprigs, handles, and border edging are decorated with beautiful deep blue enamel.
The makers of Arras Porcelain specialized in porcelain painted in this entrancing twilight blue called “Bleu d’Arras.”
The color of the porcelain body is a warm creamy white.
The combination of the creamy white ground and the blue decoration is splendid.
Natural forms like the tree branch handle and the blue cornflower decorations were the height of French fashion in the last quarter of the 18th century.
Made at the Arras porcelain factory of the Delemers family circa 1780, both the tureen and its stand are marked in underglaze blue.
The underside of the tureen is marked with the letters “AR” for the Delemers family Arras factory.
The underside of the stand is marked “Dele AR” for the Delemers family Arras factory.Dimensions: 16″ wide x 13″ deep x 9.5″ tall
Condition: Excellent, with some hard-to-see rubbing to the clear glaze on the stand
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Group Blue and White Delft Chargers 18 Pieces Netherlands, Circa 1760-1780
$29,340.00This group of blue and white Delft chargers has beautiful deep cobalt blue coloring. The white tin glaze is relatively uniform in its color. The sizes, colors, and designs make a harmonious group. The chargers were hand-painted between 1760 to 1780 and have wide borders with decoration around a central panel.
They all measure between 13.25″ and 14″ in diameter.
Condition: All are in excellent condition, with minimal edge frits invisibly restored.
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Blue and White Delft Dish Netherlands Circa 1800
$430.00At the center of this lovely hand-painted blue and white Delft dish is a traditional chinoiserie view of a garden. We see an oversized peony, a willow tree, and rockwork. The wide border shows water lilies and flower buds. The artist used cobalt blue in various shades to enhance the beauty of the design. The dish was made circa 1800.
Dimensions: 9″ diameter x 1″ height
Condition: Excellent.
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Blue and White Delft Plate with Bird Made Netherlands 18th Century Circa 1780
$740.00This Delft dish is hand-painted in fabulous, bright cobalt blue. Its center shows a lovely garden with a songbird among flowers in full bloom and a willow tree with its branches hanging over the garden. The border of the dish is filled with floral decoration and scrolling vines. The edge is painted with a traditional yellow slip.* This dish was made in the Netherlands in the last quarter of the 18th century, circa 1780.
Dimensions: 8.75″ diameter x 1.5″ height
Condition: Excellent
*For an image of an 18th-century blue and white Delft dish with this yellow slip, see L-P van Geenen, Dutch Delftware, Marks and Factories page 237
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Dutch Delft Garniture Five Pieces Polychrome Made Circa 1880
$3,200.00This charming Dutch Delft garniture comprises two beaker vases and three baluster-form jars with their covers.
It is in excellent condition.
We see a romantic countryside scene with a shepherdess and sheep. Sitting comfortably in the shade of a large tree, she holds her staff and looks out onto a spacious grassy meadow.
In the background, we see a castle turret to her left and a church and steeple on her right.
The scene evokes the romantic feeling of the 18th century.
To create the scene, the painter used soft earth tone colors: two shades of blue, green, iron-red, yellow, and manganese.
The scene is bordered with a molded bright yellow and manganese cartouche with manganese flowers at the head and base. The reverse side of each vase has green leafy branches and red flowers. Each cover is painted with a yellow flower and surmounted by a traditional lion finial.Dimensions: The covered vases are 15″ tall x 7″ wide x 4.25″ deep at the base. The open vases are 10″ tall x 5.5″ wide x 3.75″ deep at the base.
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German Faience Pierced Basket Made by Johann Jacob Kaiser Circa 1808
$300.00This rustic white faience basket has an oval pierced body around a solid bottom.
It is modeled on a wicker basket, a popular motif for late 18th and early 19th-century Continental ceramics.
Made to hold bread, this was a valuable item at the kitchen table in the morning. Today it could be filed with flowers!
The basket was manufactured circa 1808 at the Durlach factory in Germany. At that time, Durlach (Baden) was one of many German centers of faience production.
The Durlach factory was founded In 1723 by J H Wackenfeld. Until 1818 there was no factory mark, but artists signed their work; among the most prominent was Johann Jacob Kaiser (1773–1835), who signed his works with a black “K” (see Image #6).
After 1818 the factory’s earthenware was marked “Durlach.”*
Dimensions: 7.25 length x 5.2″ width x 2.5” height
Condition: Excellent with small original firing defects on the basket floor (see image #3). The underside with paper label for the Sammlung Collection
* See: E. Petrasch: Durlacher Fayencen, 1723×847 (exh. cat., Karlsruhe, Bad. Landesmus., 1975) Durlacher Fayencen (exh. cat., Mannheim, Städt. Reiss-Mus., 1978) R. Simmermacher -
18th Century French Soft Paste Porcelain Mennecy Blush Pot Hand-Painted
$1,600.00We are pleased to offer this beautiful Mennecy blush pot ‘Pot à Fard’ made circa 1750.
It is decorated with sprays of flowers, the finial shaped as a single purple rose with green leaves.
The flowers are hand-painted in rich enamel colors, among them the distinctive Mennecy purple-rose hue, shown in figure #1, especially on the rose form finial. Another color associated with Mennecy is the most beautiful green found on the raised leaves of the rose finial and on the leaves surrounding the flowers.
This pot is particularly appealing because the painting of the flowers is so robust. Envisioning it in a woman’s toilette seems the epitome of femininity and Romanticism. In the 18th century, it would have been found on the vanity of an aristocratic lady, where it was primarily used to hold creams and lotions for the face.
The Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory was one of the first French porcelain factories. From 1735 until 1773, the factory produced Fine quality soft-paste porcelain wares. French soft-paste porcelains date to the early attempts by European potters to replicate Chinese porcelain by using mixtures of clay and glass frit. Like our pot, the body of the early Mennecy soft-paste wares has a creamy tone.
There was no gilding at Mennecy. Instead, like our pot, the rims were painted in tones of pink and purple.
The Mennecy, factory under the protection of the Duc de Villeroy, marked many of its porcelains with an incised “DV” on the underside.
Our pot is marked with an incised “DV”; however, an image of the “DV” mark does not have enough resolution to post here.Provenance: Estate of John F. Ball, Greenwich, CT.
Dimensions: 3.75″ tall x 3″ diameter
Condition: Excellent
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Pair Mennecy 18th Century Soft-Paste Porcelain Pots France Circa 1765
$1,800.00Provenance: A New England Estate
Hand-painted in the 18th century circa 1765 these beautiful Mennecy Porcelain soft-paste pomade pots are rare. Pots like this held rich creams and lotions for the face. They would have been placed on the vanity of an aristocratic lady. Both the body and the cover have lovely spiral fluting and are decorated with flowers painted in exquisite enamel colors, especially the distinctive purple-rose hue seen on the body and the cover. Each cover is topped with a fabulous strawberry finial. The underside of both pots is marked with an incised “DV.”Dimensions. height 3.75 inches x diameter 2.35 inches
Condition: Excellent
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Sevres Porcelain Bottle Cooler Hand-Painted 18th Century, Circa 1773-1782
$3,100.00Sèvres was the royal factory of Louis XV and Louis XVI, Kings of France from 1715-1793. The Sèvres factory was known to have the best painters and gilders in 18th century France. This stunning Sèvres 18th century double bottle cooler was hand-painted with exquisite sprigs of spring flowers (see images). The underside is marked in underglaze blue with the Sèvres intertwined “L” and the letter “L” for painter’s mark for Michel-Louis Chavereaux, who was active at Sèvres from 1773-1782. The decoration is delicate, and the modeling and gilding are exceptional.
The cooler measures 12.5″ (31.75 cm) across the handles x 5.75″ (14.6 cm) deep x 4.75″ (12 cm) in height.
Condition: Excellent
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18th Century Italian Doccia Porcelain Dinner Service
$4,000.00A dinner service comprising six dinner dishes and six soup dishes made by the Doccia Porcelain Manufactory, circa 1750.
Italy was the site of Europe’s first porcelain production: in Florence between 1575 and 1587 under the patronage of Francesco I de’ Medici. The Doccia Porcelain Manufactory, founded nearly 200 years later, continued the tradition of Italian porcelain with a hard-paste body that was later glazed with a tin glaze. This dinner set is decorated with the al tulipano motif, a design that is one of the most prevalent in Doccia wares. The central flower is not a tulip but an interpretation of the peonies used in the Chinese Famille Rose porcelain.
Dimensions:
– Soup dishes: 9 1/4 in. diameter x 1 1/2 in. height (23.1 cm diameter x 3.8 cm height)
– Dinner dishes: 9 1/4 in. diameter x 1 in. height (23.1 cm diameter x 2.4 cm height)Condition: Excellent. Light wear to enamels throughout commensurate with age and use. Faint use marks visible on some dishes. One dinner plate with chip to underside of rim measuring 1 cm.
Note: 1 dinner dish and 2 soup dishes are not transparent, a characteristic of porcelain. These 3 dishes are porcelain with a tin glaze which makes them opaque and dates them to 1790-1800.
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Set of Six Large Blue and White Delft Chargers Hand-Painted 18th-Century
$7,400.00This group makes a true blue statement. The deep cobalt blue is fabulous! This set of six Dutch Delft chargers are hand-painted in the “Theeboom” pattern showing a tea plant with a fan-shaped bouquet of leaves and flowers. This is one of the most exquisite hand-painted designs made on Delft chargers in the 18th century, which explains why it was so popular. The pattern is lush and full of color. The deep blue decoration fills the charger. On the border are floral decorations and scroll designs. The white edges are delicately scalloped, adding another beautiful dimension to each charger. The chargers have the mark of De Klaauw “The Claw” for Delft made in the last quarter of the 18th century, or for LPK for De Porceleyne Lampetkan 1778-1811. For an image and discussion of a group of Delft chargers with this pattern, see E B Schapp, Delft Ceramics at the Philadelphia Museum of Art pages 74 and 75.
Dimensions: 13.5″-14.25″ in diameter Condition: Excellent with very small edge frits invisibly restored Price: $7,400 for the group
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Blue and White Delft Mantle Jar Hand-Painted 18th Century Netherlands Circa 1780
$1,220.00A blue and white Dutch Delft mantle jar hand-painted in exquisite deep cobalt blue. We see a peacock in a garden filled with flowers and ferns. The cover is similarly decorated and topped with a traditional round knop covered in blue. Made in the Netherlands circa 1780, jars like this would have been placed on a mantle or a bracket.
Dimensions: Height 12.25″ x diameter at widest point 5.25″ x diameter at base 3.5″
Condition: Excellent with small edge chips invisibly restored. The underside is partially glazed, which was the tradition in many 18th century Delft factories.
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Blue and White Delft Charger Hand-Painted in Netherlands 18th Century Circa 1780
$1,100.00This blue and white Dutch Delft charger was hand-painted circa 1780. The center of the charger is decorated with a large flower. Beyond the center, we see flowers that seem to follow one another around in a circle actively. The vibrant decoration draws your eye from the center outward.
Dimensions: diameter 13.75″
Condition: Very Good (with small edge chips invisibly restored)
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18th Century French Faience Puppy Made in Rouen Circa 1760
$1,700.00WHY WE LOVE IT: Her attitude!
We are pleased to offer this 18th century Rouen Faience figure of a puppy naturalistically modeled, painted with floppy ears, bulging eyes, and a topknot. He is seated on a green rectangular base. This charming puppy will make a wonderful addition to any dog lover’s home. Requiring little care except for an occasional dusting. -
Set of Five Antique Porcelain Dishes Hand-Painted, England, Circa 1830
$1,100.00This set of five Coalport Porcelain dinner dishes was made in England circa 1830. In the center of each one is a bouquet of exquisite hand-painted flowers. The close-up images show the exceptional flower painting. A wide green and white dotted border encircles the center. It has three glided panels, each with a single hand-painted flower.
Dimensions: 10″ diameter
Condition: One plate with fine knife marks to the enamels (see image #8) Price: $1100 for the set of five.
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From the Collection of Mario Buatta a New Hall Saucer Dish Made England c-1810
$220.00Provenance: The Private Collection of Mario Buatta
Made by New Hall in England circa 1810, this is an exquisite dish with purple berries on a golden vine.
The gilding is lavish, and the purple berries are small but beautiful.
The underside is marked 349 in puce in the New Hall fashion.Condition: Excellent
Dimensions: 8.5″ diameter
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Pair of 18th Century Ludwigsburg Dishes
$380.00From the Collection of Mario Buatta
Mario loved flowers and he loved well-painted flowers on porcelain.This pair of Ludwigsburg dishes was made in Germany circa 1780. The outstanding quality of the hand-painted flowers is their exquisite liveliness. The flowers on the two plates are bursting with life! Hand-painted in monochrome purple each plate has a beautiful floral bouquet in the center and smaller sprigs of flowers decorating the plate as if they were strewn about.
The material is hard-paste porcelain.
Both dishes have the 18th-century factory mark of Ludwigsburg Porcelain which was two “C”s interlocked in blue, with one reversed, with a ducal coronet above as can be seen in images 7 and 8.
Dimensions: 9.25” diameter
Condition: Excellent
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3 French Porcelain Swan Shaped Gravy Boats White and Gold
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Pair of French Gilded Porcelain Baskets ‘Corbeilles’
$1,800.00Provenance: The Collection of Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
Created in France in the mid-19th century, circa 1860, the baskets are decorated with delicate flowers and lavish gilding. They stand on rectangular bases of clean white porcelain with gilded outlines. The lattice work of the baskets lends delicacy and light to the design.
Originally this pair of elegant oval-shaped antique French porcelain pierced baskets (corbeilles) would have been placed on a table to hold fruit. They would be lovely on any table or sideboard. Their timeless beauty will enhance any room.
Dimensions: 13.5 inches W x 9.5 inches H x 7.75 inches D
Condition: Excellent
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