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LOT 1811
Medieval and Other Pottery Group
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D. AND EARLIER
4 3/4 - 6 7/8 in. (2.2 kg total, 12-17.5 cm).
Comprising a squat coarseware pot with notched rim, carinated jar with rounded base, domed lid with knop handle. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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