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LOT 1855
Post Medieval 'Thames' Bronze Artefact Collection
CIRCA 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 - 5 in. (60.6 grams total, 4.3-12.5 cm).
Comprising: a decorative lock escutcheon, bodkin; seal ring bearing pricked dot design to bezel and pipe tamper to the hoop; ring with screw-fitted pipe tamper. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
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