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LOT 1896
Stuart Period Silver Button Collection
17TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 1/2 in. (2.7 grams total, 11-13 mm).
Two with central hexafoil motif, two with crown over two hearts and one similar with clasped hand between the crown and hearts; each with loop to reverse. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired from an old jewellery collection, Harwich, Essex, UK.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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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