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Selection of Lead Seals
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Pre 1920 item# 899295
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Ostracon Ancient Art
Zurich, Switzerland
$ 260
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Decorative case with a selection of lead seals. French lilies, Austrian double-headed eagle, Great Britain customs, Budapest seal. Other with numbers or symbols.
Items: 0.9 cm (0.35 in) to 2.8 cm (1.1 in).
Case: 25.5 cm x 25.5 cm (10 in).
19 and early 20 century AD.
Formerly in the collection of the dragoon-officer Kurt von Kaulla (born 1881), Darmstadt/Freiburg (Germany).
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Medieval Bone Ledges with Drilled out Buttons
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Pre 1492 item# 899292
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Ostracon Ancient Art
Zurich, Switzerland
$ 280
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Interesting selection of bone ledges with neatly drilled out buttons or beads. The buttons were rather small and bored out with tubular drills.
The bones are compact with little spongy structure and may belong to the shoulder blades of animals.
Included is the annular section of a long bone with unclear function.
These are typical findings from medieval cities or motte-and-bailey castles. The finding spot is somewhere in Germany.
Germany, medieval period.
Items: 3.1 cm (1.2 in) to 7.4 cm ( ...click for details
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