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LOT 1880
Post Medieval Bronze Knife Handle in the Form of a Bust
17TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (21.8 grams, 25 mm).
A pommel modelled in the round, the head of a youth, with the remains of the fixing lug to the neck. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Somerset, UK.
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