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LOT 1870
Egyptian Style Faience Scarab in Silver Brooch
19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (11.8 grams, 31 mm).
Scarab modelled in the round with undercut lower body; silver frame with sliding catch, indistinct heater-shaped stamped maker's mark to outer face. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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