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LOT 1345
Medieval 'Thames' Bifacial Pewter Squirrel Pin
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (1.64 grams, 54 mm).
Dress pin with squirrel holding an acorn modelled in the round. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
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