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Ancient and modern gold and silver smiths' work in the South Kensington Museum (1878)

Victoria and Albert Museum, Pollen, John Hungerford, 1820-1902 · London : Printed by G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode ... and sold by Chapman & Hall · leaf 125

An illustration from Ancient and modern gold and silver smiths' work in the South Kensington Museum, 1878, leaf 125
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