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A PERSIAN SILVER BOX signed; and a Continental silver box, import marks, Samuel Boyce (or Boaz) Landeck, Chester 1902. (2) First 4.6cm long, 1.9 troy ounces gross

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A PERSIAN SILVER BOX signed; and a Continental silver box, import marks, Samuel Boyce (or Boaz) Landeck, Chester 1902. (2) First 4.6cm long, 1.9 troy ounces gross

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