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LOT 1471
Tudor Period 'Thames' Button and Pendant Group
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 in. (1.64 grams total, 10-11 mm).
Comprising: an oblate glass bead with hexafoil and loop, and a bronze pyramidal dangle. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa mid 1980s.
Property of an Essex collector.
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