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LOT 1413
Tudor Gilt Silver Dress Pin
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1.2 in. (2.8 grams, 62 mm).
A gilt-silver dress pin composed of a round-section body and roughly spherical head, decorated with granules and filigree trefoils and roundels above and below a medial band. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985.
Albert Ward collection, Essex, UK.
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