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LOT 1695
Medieval Plumb Bob Weight Group
CIRCA 14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 - 3 in. (174 grams total, 64-76 mm).
Each with a lozenge-shaped cross-section, one complete with suspension loop, the other with raised hatched panels. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
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