DECANTERS

DECANTERS

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
2 decanters (formerly used by Governor La Trobe)
Accession Number
1676.1-2-D4
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Sir Thomas Dunhill, 1956
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Gallery location
Not on display

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