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Silver Fob Seal Collection with Calligraphic Gemstones Silver Fob Seal Collection with Calligraphic Gemstones Silver Fob Seal Collection with Calligraphic Gemstones
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LOT 1432

Silver Fob Seal Collection with Calligraphic Gemstones

CIRCA 19TH CENTURY A.D.

1 - 1 1/8 in. (10.6 grams total, 24-29 mm).

One composed of an openwork trefoil stem and oval base set with a polished stone bearing a calligraphic inscription in Arabic; one featuring a leaf-shaped openwork handle with rectangular base set with polished carnelian bearing an Arabic(?) calligraphic inscription. [2]

Provenance

From a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980.

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LOT 1432

Silver Fob Seal Collection with Calligraphic Gemstones

Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)

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