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LOT 0336
Medieval Enamelled Bronze Dagger Pommel
CIRCA 12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (22.2 grams, 26 mm).
Formed as an octofoil with frond to one face, three-towered castle to the other. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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