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LOT 1982
Post Medieval Brass Stirrup Leather Buckle
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (8.78 grams, 29 mm).
Buckle with projecting plate in form of leaf or feather, quatrefoil stud to buckle end, possibly representing a cross with five punched ring-and-dot motifs representing the Five Wounds of Christ. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
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