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LOT 1994
Victorian Boxed Cigar Machine Patent with Royal Seal
DATED 1ST DECEMBER 1874
11 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (1.52 kg, 29 x 22.2 cm).
Parchment patent document made out to William Robert Lake, numbered 4561-75, for 'improvements in machinery for manufacturing cigars', with attached original patent seal of Queen Victoria housed in a metal discoid lidded container; the whole in a lined wooden box with hinged lid and locking mechanism, with the royal arms in gilt on the lid. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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