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LOT 2031
Tudor to Post Medieval Bronze Artefact Collection
16TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 3 1/8 in. (130 grams, 24-78.5 mm).
Including seal fob, jew's harp, hooked tag and other items. [12, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
Acquired from the early 1980s.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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