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Lot 699: A 20th Century? Italian Sterling Silver Miniature Frame and Scent Bottle, 153 FI?, Florence

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Start price: £10

Estimated price: £20 - £40

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A group of silver-mounted items comprising a clear cut glass scent bottle and a circular sterling silver miniature frame. The scent bottle features a lobed, squat body with a faceted clear glass inner stopper and a silver cap decorated with repoussé foliate motifs. The circular frame is constructed from sterling silver with an embossed border of scrolls and leaves, housing a printed reproduction of a Renaissance-style profile portrait of a lady under glass, fitted with a suspension loop. The frame is struck with an oval 925 mark, a star 153 FI? provincial mark, and a capital R in a square cartouche. Similar marks appear to be present on the scent bottle cap, although they are not clearly legible.