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LOT 1805
Medieval and Later Artefact Group
14TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
3/4 - 2 in. (133 grams total, 19-53 mm).
Including a winder key, belt buckles, Jew's harp and other items. [11, No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection, Buckinghamshire, UK; formed in the 1980s.
Property of a Scottish collector, acquired in 2013.
Literature
Cf. Webb, J., Buckles Identified, Brentwood, 1981, figs.67.86,163, for similar buckles.
Footnotes
Three buckles from this set can be dated to the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries A.D. Very often the pin of these buckles was made of brass, and some were used for the sword's or sabre's baldric, positioned across the right shoulder of the body.
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