A Cape silver book clasp, apparently unmarked, 19th century

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  • A Cape silver book clasp, apparently unmarked, 19th century


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ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
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A Cape silver book clasp, apparently unmarked, 19th century
engraved with flowerheads within wrigglework borders, some damage, mounted on a Dutch psalter, the end-paper inscribed "GM Malherbe, Paarl, 24 July 1862"


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