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LOT 1821
Civil War and Other Lead Musket Ball and Pistol Shot Collection
17TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1/4 - 3/4 in. (1.85 kg total, 6-19 mm).
Comprising over hundred variously sized shots. [110, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1821
Civil War and Other Lead Musket Ball and Pistol Shot Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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