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Butterfly Brooch
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Hand-colored drawing on black cardboard of a design for a brooch in the form of a butterfly. The materials are not specified but the drawing depicts multicolored stones, mother-of-pearl and/or enameling.
1920
Hotz, Ferdinand
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W012GU8
WHi 105953
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