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LOT 2015
Vintage Celtic Revival Silver Brooch with Yellow Quartz
EDINBURGH, BEFORE 1974 A.D.
1 1/4 in. (10.4 grams, 30 mm).
Disc brooch with claw setting and facetted stone; pin and catch to reverse; stamped with a thistle: 92.5% pure silver and used from 1759 to 1974, three turreted castle is the town mark for Edinburgh, WBS: manufacturer Ward Brothers, 6 likely refers to the letter sequence of the date mark. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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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