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LOT 1751
Medieval Bronze Hound's Head Knife Pommel
15TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (8.43 grams, 17 mm).
Formed as a stylised hound's head with impressed points for the eyes, hatched texture. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near York, Yorkshire, UK, in the 1980s.
From an old Yorkshire, UK, collection.
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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