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LOT 1858
Medieval Bronze Artefact Collection
12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 2 1/8 in. (90 grams total, 19.5-54 mm).
Including a thimble, scabbard chape, buckle loop and other items. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
Acquired from the early 1980s.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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