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LOT 1775
Medieval Bronze 'Havette' Tenterhook
13TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (8.57 grams, 56 mm).
With two tapering square-section shanks flanking a waisted rectangular median block; each shank with returned hook finial (one absent). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, UK, in 2017.
From an old Yorkshire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-BB1A93.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Tenterhooks were used to secure cloth and skins on a drying frame.
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