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LOT 1770
Queen Mary Silver Crowned Portrait Button
LATE 17TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (0.87 grams, 15 mm).
Comprising a facing portrait of a crowned female with flowing hair, within a beaded border; loop absent. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Somerset collector, UK, since at least the early 2000s.
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