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LOT 1707
Medieval 'Thames' Bone Pin Holder Instrument with Pins
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 7 1/8 in. (193 grams total, 3.2- 18 cm).
Epiphesis of a bovine long bone with the end worked into a square-section block with vertical slots to accept pins; group of fourteen ball-headed garment pins, manly brass. [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
Cf. Egan, G. & Pritchard, F., Dress Accessories 1150-1450, London, 2002, item 204, for type.
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