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LOT 1883
Post Medieval 'Thames' Iron Knife with Bone Handle
17TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/4 in. (88 grams, 21 cm).
Short scale-tang blade with long bolster, rectangular-section bone handle with shallow socket to underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
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