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LOT 1868
Post Medieval Bronze Mount and Watch Key
CIRCA 19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 2 in. (28.2 grams total, 30-51 mm).
Discoid mount with domed rosette to the centre; watch key with mandrel, inset carnelian disc. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired between the 1960s-early 1990s.
From an old UK private collector from Worthing, West Sussex, UK.
Property of K.P., a Cornish lady collector, UK.
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