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LOT 2074
Tudor Silver-Gilt Clothes Fastener
16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.75 grams, 26 mm).
With a hollow D-section body applied with filigree and granules. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Somerset collector, UK, since at least the early 2000s.
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