Lot 552
  • 552

A SET OF EIGHT SILVER BUTTONS, MAKER'S MARK EM, PROBABLY FOR EDMUND MILNE, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1780

Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
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Description

  • each marked twice on back EM in rounded rectangle.
  • diameters 7/8 and 9/16 in.
  • 2.2 cm; 1.4 cm
comprising four large and four small, engraved with script initals GW.

Provenance

Jonathan Trace, January 2004

Condition

one small button with broken loop on back, others in good condition
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