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Egyptian or Alexandrian Obelisk

Modern

Tiffany & Co.
copyright Henry H. Gorringe

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Egyptian or Alexandrian Obelisk, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), Bronze

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Egyptian or Alexandrian Obelisk; HENRY G. STEBBINS; ANTIQUE BRONZE No. 8; TIFFANY & Co. N.Y.; Copyright 1881 by Henry H. Gorringe; The Museum of the City of New York, 89.50.4

Egyptian or Alexandrian Obelisk, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), Bronze
Egyptian or Alexandrian Obelisk, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), Bronze
Egyptian or Alexandrian Obelisk, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), Bronze

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