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LOT 1998
Tudor 'Published' Bronze Clothes Fastener Collection
16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 1 3/8 in. (37.3 grams total, 22-35 mm).
Including hooked tags and loops in a variety of styles; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series and Buttons & Fasteners 500 BC-AD 1840. [12, 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-AD 1840. Witham, 2004, p.93.
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LOT 1998
Tudor 'Published' Bronze Clothes Fastener Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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