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LOT 1446
Post Medieval Octagonal Lead Tobacco Jar
MID 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
4 5/8 in. (465 grams, 11.8 cm wide).
With deep body resting on a wide base with spherical feet (two absent). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Somerset, UK.
Accompanied by a letter from Bristol Museum dated 26th July 1990 identifying the object.
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