Sale 5686
London
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31 October 1996
Price realised
GBP 978
Estimate
A silver and enamel belt buckle Designed by Jessie M. King, manufactured by W. H. Haseler, Birmingham, 1901 Cast and finely hammered with a typically formalised pair of love-birds and large blue/green enamelled flowerheads, detailed with touches of red 2½in. (6.4cm.) wide Maker's mark
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