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LOT 1932
Glass in Silver-Coloured Metal Pendant
LATE 20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (81 grams, 76 mm).
The scalloped frame with articulate bail, set with a glass plaque over coloured foil, displaying three robed figures arranged beside a couchant lion, floral tendrils in the field; possible maker's stamps to the bail reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
London collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
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