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LOT 1735
Norman 'Thames' Bronze Griffin Dagger Chape Fragment
CIRCA 12TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.5 grams, 19 mm).
With pointillé detailing to the body and wing, head with perpendicular lateral extension. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
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