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LOT 1784

Medieval Articulated Silver Dress Hook

14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/4 in. (4.23 grams, 58 mm).

Hinged loop to one end, the hook with a long shank and stylised beast-head below the shoulder.

Provenance

Private collection, Switzerland, 1992; thence by descent.
Private collection 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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LOT 1784

Medieval Articulated Silver Dress Hook

Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)

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