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LOT 1909
Large Medieval Bronze Door Key
15TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (62.4 grams, 10 cm).
With circular bow, hollow D-section shank with collar at one end, toothed cut wards. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired UK art market after 2000.
Ex Stratford collection, Suffolk, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Ward-Perkins, J.B., London Museum Medieval Catalogue, London, 1940, pl.XXX, for similar examples.
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