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LOT 2106
Stuart Silver Seal Matrix with Tall Ship
17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.29 grams, 25.16 mm).
With hexagonal-section shank, collar and round suspension loop; to the circular face an intaglio design of a three-masted warship under sail with pennants to mastheads and with gunports to side; one facet stamped 'H', old collector's inked reference '815'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFormerly in a significant private English collection of seal matrices formed since 1987.
Ex Horton collection, UK.
Property of a Californian, USA, 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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