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LOT 1753
Medieval Animal Bone Group
CIRCA 14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
4 - 5 in. (110 grams total, 10.3 - 12.6 cm).
Group of long bones most with signs of polishing through usage; five with inked inscription: 'RUSHDEN 107, RUSHDEN 602, RUSHDEN 862, RUSHDEN 913, and 1047'. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Rushden, UK.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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