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LOT 2023
Large Tudor or Stuart Period Iron Door Key
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (114 grams, 15.5 cm).
With a round-section looped handle.
Provenance
Ex Suffolk, UK, collection.
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