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LOT 1970
Jacobean Iron Nutcrackers
17TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (62 grams, 10.5 cm).
Two hinged arms with caliper handles, the cracking plates with triangular 'knurling'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the estate of Dr J Bynon, UK.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Accompanied by a dealer's catalogue information card.
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