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LOT 1820
Tudor Henry VIII Tin Supporters Purse Badge
1509-1547 A.D.
1 1/2 in. (13.3 grams, 37 mm).
Bearing the bust of a bearded man dressed in elaborate Tudor clothing and wearing a wide-brimmed hat, Tudor rose on the breast band. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound New Sheriff Hutton Industrial Estate, Yorkshire, UK, in July 2006.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
Accompanied by an illustrated record card by Jim Halliday.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Exhibited at the Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 12th March-9th June 2025; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefacts on display.
FootnotesThis type of badge would have been attached to the lid of a purse; other examples were worn as brooches and pierced for attachment when the pin had broken off.
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