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LOT 1802
Medieval Silver Buckle
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.78 grams, 20 mm).
Kidney-shaped in plan with textured lobes, collar to the tongue. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Noonans Auction, UK.
Ex Buckinghamshire, UK, collection.
Literature
Cf. Egan, G. & Pritchard, F., Dress Accessories 1150-1450, London, 2002, item 312, for type.
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