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LOT 1726
Medieval and Later Bronze Thimble Group
15TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 7/8 in. (113 grams total, 12-23 mm).
Comprising twenty-nine thimbles of mainly beehive type, including one tailor's thimble and one attached to a wooden bead. [29, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
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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