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LOT 2014
Post Medieval Child's Glass Marble Collection
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 in. (59 grams total, 14-26 mm).
Including aqua and other types, some with inked collector's label. [7, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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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