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LOT 1646
Medieval Wood Implement
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (3.53 grams, 15.5 cm).
Composed of a cylindrical stem with expanded upper body and facetted bulbous head, the opposite terminal formed as three vertical ribs forming a roughly triangular cross-section. [No Reserve]
Provenance
European collection, 1990s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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