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LOT 1931
Post Medieval Bronze Fighting-Cock Spur
CIRCA 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (11.3 grams, 65 mm).
With balustered tubular body and long spike below, fixing lugs to reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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