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LOT 0394
Enamelled Iron Articulated 'Hangman' Skeleton
CIRCA 1840 A.D.
16 1/2 in. (820 grams, 42 cm total).
Anatomically correct skeleton with articulated knees, hip joints, shoulders, elbows and wrists, the head formed of three pieces, the mouth slightly open; hanging from a later wooden gallows.
ProvenanceProperty of a County Durham collector; acquired on the UK art market.
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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