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LOT 2074
Tudor Silver Seal Matrix Head with Skull and Crossed Bones
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (1.56 grams, 12 mm).
Ellipsoid in plan with domed upper section (shank absent), incuse skull in three-quarter view and over crossed long bones within a border. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old jewellery collection.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2074
Tudor Silver Seal Matrix Head with Skull and Crossed Bones
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
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