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A LATE 18TH CENTURY NEO-CLASSICAL, GOLD AND ENAMEL MOURNING BROOCH
Designed as a miniature amphora with blue enamel and half-pearl decoration set in the centre with a sepia painted vignette of a grieving lady beside a pedestal tomb with the legend E.W. NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE the reverse engraved A.D. 1787
Designed as a miniature amphora with blue enamel and half-pearl decoration set in the centre with a sepia painted vignette of a grieving lady beside a pedestal tomb with the legend E.W. NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE the reverse engraved A.D. 1787
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Please note that due to the presence of tortoiseshell or ivory this lot will be subject to CITES regulations if it is to be exported outside the EU