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LOT 1324
Medieval Bronze Quatrefoil Ring Brooch with Bosses
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (15.11 grams, 38 mm).
Quatrefoil brooch with four applied knops, slender hinged pin. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Accompanied by an old Norfolk Castle Museum record slip.
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