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Buttons decorated with photographic portraits, late 19th-early 19th century, set of 9 rare cliché buttons transferred onto enamel or porcelain, the most remarkable painted and enhanced with gold depicting a maharadja, India circa 1900, (slight alterations on two). Diam. 1.3 cm to 4 cm

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Buttons decorated with photographic portraits, late 19th-early 19th century, set of 9 rare cliché buttons transferred onto enamel or porcelain, the most remarkable painted and enhanced with gold depicting a maharadja, India circa 1900, (slight alterations on two). Diam. 1.3 cm to 4 cm

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