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LOT 1642
Medieval 'Thames' Iron Ball Padlock
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (35 grams, 47 mm).
Ball-shaped with broad securing loop, keyhole to obverse; abraded; German manufacture. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
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