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LOT 1841
Post Medieval Roman Style Key
20TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/4 in. (189 grams, 16 cm).
The handle modelled as Jupiter holding a thunderbolt in his extended hand, balustered stem and the flat bit with two notches to each side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
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