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LOT 1413
Medieval 'Thames' Bronze Miniature Cooking Pot
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (76 grams, 49 mm).
With bulbous body, broad mouth, two angular strap handles, tripod feet to the underside (one absent). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Essex, UK, in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex collector.
Cf. Forsyth, H. & Egan, H., Toys, Trifles & Trinkets. Base-Metal Miniatures from London 1200 to 1800, London, 2005, item 2.7 (Type I Design 3).
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