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Spider Web Brooch Design
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Hand-colored drawing on green tissue mounted on blue cardboard, of a design for a brooch in the form of a round spider web with a fly trapped on it. The body of the fly is a fresh water pearl; there are small stones indicated on the wings and the eye. "No. 1" and "mtg.KRZ" are written on the front; on the reverse is written "3871" and "3376."
1930
Hotz, Ferdinand
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W012GTZ
WHi 105952
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