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LOT 2144
Post Medieval Silver Artefact Group
18TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 3 3/8 in. (58 grams total, 15-86 mm).
Including a spoon bezel, coins, a ring, repoussé mount fragments, bracelet section, and others. [26, No Reserve]
Provenance
From an English collection before 2000.
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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