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LOT 1763
Georgian Pewter Whistle Group
18TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (41 grams total, 58-60 mm).
Comprising one slender, tapering with vent to both faces; one squat with domed upper, knop finial [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
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