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Set of five (originally ten) circular silver bodice fasteners (maljor), partly gilded and set with a red paste, Skåne (Sweden), 1830-1879. Set of five (originally ten) silver bodice fasteners. Each is made from a disc of sheet silver, cut out as a trefoil

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Set of five (originally ten) circular silver bodice fasteners (maljor), partly gilded and set with a red paste, Skåne (Sweden), 1830-1879. Set of five (originally ten) silver bodice fasteners. Each is made from a disc of sheet silver, cut out as a trefoil with double lobes on each petal, decorated with partly gilded repousse domes. This motif is itself slightly domed and set over the central space of a ring of twisted wire. It has a button rivetted to the centre of the front, consisting of a circle of coil rings round a central red paste.  Sheet silver, partly gilded, with twisted wire, applied filigree and paste.
Title: Set of five (originally ten) circular silver bodice fasteners (maljor), partly gilded and set with a red paste, Skåne (Sweden), 1830-1879. Set of five (originally ten) silver bodice fasteners. Each is made from a disc of sheet silver, cut out as a trefoil
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Set of five (originally ten) circular silver bodice fasteners (maljor), partly gilded and set with a red paste, Skåne (Sweden), 1830-1879.
 Set of five (originally ten) silver bodice fasteners.
Each is made from a disc of sheet silver, cut out as a trefoil with double lobes on each petal, decorated with partly gilded repousse domes.
This motif is itself slightly domed and set over the central space of a ring of twisted wire.
It has a button rivetted to the centre of the front, consisting of a circle of coil rings round a central red paste.
  Sheet silver, partly gilded, with twisted wire, applied filigree and paste.

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