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Lot 454:
A Renaissance period silver seal with wooden handle for the Danish town of Karteminde. Made during second half of the 16th century. It’s engraved with the matrix of a ship and the motto ‘Sigil Civitatas Carthamundensis’. Carthamundensis is now known as the Danish town of Karteminde. Affectionately nicknamed ‘The Garden by the Sea’, it has a modern day population of around 6,000 people, it is a small harbour town surrounded by farms in central Denmark on the island of Funen. Measures: 7 x 4 cm.
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