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Lot 42

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Friday 16th July 2021

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Late 19th Century Metsovo region walking stick, with a figure in crouched with a flint lock rifle aiming above the hunting dog along a serpents tail, the head of the serpent forming part of the handle with a bird swallowing the tip of the tail above a tapering stick, 92cm long

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£220.00

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Works of Art

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