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LOT 2051
Stuart Period Bronze Stirrup-Shaped Seal Matrix
17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (10 grams, 44.7 mm).
With incuse motif to the underside, a heart pierced by two arrows. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
Acquired from the early 1980s.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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