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LOT 2081
Georgian 'Thames' Iron Scissors
MID 18TH CENTURY A.D.
6 3/4 in. (54.1 grams, 17 cm).
Pointillé decoration to the body, keeled blades and small loop handles, mechanism still working. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on the Thames foreshore in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex collector.
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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