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LOT 2060
Post Medieval 'Thames' Farrier's Iron Tool
CIRCA 17TH CENTURY A.D.
9 1/2 in. (446 grams, 24 cm).
The pincers with long handles and sharply curving head. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on the Thames foreshore in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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