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A 20th century beech and glass mounted coffee or occasional table mounted with a full Cayman, the oval glass top upon a bronze band of pseudo crocodile skin raised on ebonised columns, the oval base with ebonised banding an incorporating a full taxidermy mount of a Cayman 37 x 178 x 76cm (14 x 69 x 30in)
Provenance: purchased at Dreweatts Donnington Priory Salerooms, lot 400, 9th September 2009, where the provenance was stated as "reputedly purchased from a Paris apartment where it had been since the 1920's. It was by account created at that time but was preserved in the late 19th century"

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