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LOT 2133
Tudor and Later Glass Fragments
16TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 2 1/4 in. (422 grams total, 14-58 mm).
Mixed group including aqua, chocolate-brown, deep blue and other colours, some with iridescence; bottle-necks, pontil bases and other fragments, plus glass gems all 20th century. [28, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex UK gallery, early 2000s.
Property of a Stockport, UK, 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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