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LOT 2117
Tudor 'Published' Bronze Clothes Fastener Collection
16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 1 1/2 in. (25.3 grams total, 30-40 mm).
Group of hooked tags of various forms including rosette and openwork types; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series and Buttons & Fasteners 500 BC-AD 1840. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
PublishedBailey, G., Buttons & Fasteners 500 BC-AD1840, Witham, 2004, p.96-101.
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