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Isaac Newton DECORATIVE ARTS plaque Obrisset, John 1720? ivory overall: 100 mm
Oval plaque in ivory. Depicts a clothed male bust, facing to the right, in deep carved relief. Inscribed on reverse.
1999.2612
BOA Purchase, 1938
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