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LOT 2167
Tudor Bronze Clothes Hook Fastener Collection
16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 1 1/2 in. (13.4 grams total, 28-37 mm).
A mixed group of hooked fasteners, including an oval with a low-relief female profile, an openwork rosette, rectangular with a low-relief of double-headed serpent, an openwork interlaced design, and some with suspension lug. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of the late Graham Slater (1927-2024), Cambridge, UK, acquired 1980s-1990s.
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