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LOT 1884
Post Medieval Toy Finial with Two Faces
19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (31.6 grams, 33 mm).
D-shaped in profile with grotesque male face to both sides, the mouth and chin formed with a separate panel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Essex, UK.
Property of an Essex collector.
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