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LOT 2004
Cased Bronze Age to Post Medieval 'Published' Button Collection
850 B.C.-1800 A.D.
20 x 14 1/8 x 2 in. (3.1 kg total, 51 x 36 x 5 cm including case).
Collection of mainly bronze and silver buttons and fasteners, labelled and mounted in a glazed wooden display case; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series and Buttons & Fasteners 500 BC-AD 1840. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
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LOT 2004
Cased Bronze Age to Post Medieval 'Published' Button Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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