Sale 1009
London
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8 December 2011
Price realised
GBP 1,500
Estimate
TWO VICTORIAN GOLD FOB-SEALS PROBABLY LONDON, CIRCA 1840 realistically cast as deer and with blank matrices, one of red agate and one of citrine quartz 1 5/16 in. (33 mm.) and 2 1/8 in. (55 mm.) high (2)
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