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LOT 2003
Silver Button and Brooch Set
20TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 1 in. (9.21 grams total, 23-26 mm).
Each a disc with low-relief image of a female playing a harp on a field f radiating billows; two mounted as buttons and one as a badge. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an East Anglia private collector.
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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