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LOT 2005
Medieval Iron 'Thames' Pricket Candlestick
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (9.02 grams, 91 mm).
With a tapering rectangular-section body and a loop to the back. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on the Thames foreshore in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex collector.
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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Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
