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the profile bust length relief portrait of a woman in thin pressed gold set on a woven hair ground, within an oval border of red enamel with overlaid rope twist wirework, covered with a rose cut rock crystal, collet and closed back set with scallop and claw mount, the outside of the shank engraved with the memorial (now much worn), reading 'MAN*? DIA*? MANTON OB: 30 AUG 177? ÆT 73'; size approximately K, head dimensions 15.8 x 14.3mm, unmarked yellow metal, tested to at least 18ct quality, weight 5.1g

Condition report: It is possible that the outer part of the scalloped mount is a reinforcement - it perhaps looks later, and the gold is a fractionally different colour, there are some work lines where the shank joins; but if so the work has been done extremely neatly. Scuffs and wear appropriate to age

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