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LOT 1305
Medieval Artefact Collection
13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 3 in. (97 grams total, 16-76 mm).
A mixed group of artefacts including buckles, a knife pommel, clothes clasps, furniture fittings, quillon and others. [14, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Norfolk, UK, before 2001.
Private collection of Mr M.H., Norfolk, UK.
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