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LOT 2079
Georgian Gilt Bronze Fob Seal with Portrait
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7 grams, 23 mm).
With scrolled handle and rosette to reverse of the cell, inset glass seal with intaglio profile male bust; loop absent. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
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