Le Tems (sic) Passé, a large French Revolutionary button in the form of an etching under glass satirising the tax system, depicting the Clergy on one side, the Military on the other and the Common Man bearing the weight of the world in between--1½in. (3.75cm.) diameter, late 17th century, French; and three enamel buttons, two matching, 19th century
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Le Tems (sic) Passé, a large French Revolutionary button in the form of an etching under glass satirising the tax system, depicting the Clergy on one side, the Military on the other and the Common Man bearing the weight of the world in between--1½in. (3.75cm.) diameter, late 17th century, French; and three enamel buttons, two matching, 19th century

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Le Tems (sic) Passé, a large French Revolutionary button in the form of an etching under glass satirising the tax system, depicting the Clergy on one side, the Military on the other and the Common Man bearing the weight of the world in between--1½in. (3.75cm.) diameter, late 17th century, French; and three enamel buttons, two matching, 19th century
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