Bodkin

England

About 1660

  • Titles Bodkin (Descriptive)
  • Artist England
  • Medium silver
  • Dimensions 5 3/4 × 1/4 in. (14.6 × 0.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.437.1998
  • Work Type bodkin
  • Classification Costume

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