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LOT 1570
Antique Gold Brooch with Shell Cameo
CIRCA 1900 A.D.
2 in. (19.44 grams, 51 mm high).
With gold frame and hinged pin; cameo frieze in high relief of two young female busts in profile wearing romantic classical costume, one with flowers and foliage in the hair and the other with a veil and diadem of poppies, perching dove with wings spread below; marked to the reverse in florid script 'No.5' and 'nm / uo 3-17 l. pux'.
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1570
Antique Gold Brooch with Shell Cameo
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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