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№ 1129

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14 July 2022

Hammer Price:
£460

17th century, lead horn book, 3.7cm long by 2.8cm wide; alphabet in four lines, a fifth line contains four panels with patterns; the reverse is decorated with cross hatching divided by panels with crescentic decoration; two of the corners have raised knobs. Good fine £60-£80

Provenance: Found at Barras, near Stainmore (Cumbria), 2017, at the site of a school