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Auction Highlights:

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,850
Sold for (Inc. bp): £16,900
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,440
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,400
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,750
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700
Composed of various types of fishing weight including capsule-shaped, conical, barrel-shaped and other forms. 1.9 kg total, 36-62 mm

Found Thames foreshore spoil, 1980s.

The cameos displaying: a facing female bust with facetted reverse; veiled female bust in profile left; a female bust with hair tied in a top knot; the intaglios displaying: a bust in profile right; lapis lazuli example with gryphon standing left; a figural scene; the two 'black' stones possibly ancient. 7.34 grams total, 12-18 mm

Acquired at country house sales in the 1970s-1980s.
Property of a Twickenham, UK, gentleman.

Lot No. 1973
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Displaying a figure crossing a bridge within a cartouche, embellished with flowering foliage; repaired. 417 grams, 22.2 cm wide

Acquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

Formed using pale mauve glaze and displaying what is likely a lugger. 1.98 kg total, 13 x 13 cm each

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.

Cf. Pluis, J., The Dutch Tile: Designs and Names, Leiden, 1997, p.53, for similar.

Lot No. 1976
 
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Of curved form and with remaining rivets for attachment of the tang-scales; single-edged blade with sunburst and ring-and-dot motifs to the lower edge on one face, joined by plain bands. 165 grams, 35 cm

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.

See Capwell, Dr. T., Knives, Daggers and Bayonets, London, 2009, p.32, for type.

Lot No. 1977
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
Engraved with leaf and tendril detailing to the outer face, inscribed to the inner face 'Φ semper vna' (Φ forever one). 9.33 grams, 21.04 mm overall, 18.27 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)

Property of a Jersey gentleman; by inheritance from his father.

Lot No. 1978
15
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Composed of a flat-section hoop formed from a geometric design with shallow cells, supporting a central heart plaque. 1.04 grams, 18.71 mm overall, 16.64 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)

Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985.
Albert Ward collection, Essex, UK.

Including decorated dishes and plates, together with other miscellaneous lead items displaying floral and heraldic motifs. 45 grams total, 18-42 mm

Found Thames foreshore spoil, 1980s.

Together with decorative designs, comprising bowls of various shapes and dates; together with a number of stems, some decorative. 1.12 kg total, 3.6-10.5 cm

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.

Lot No. 1984
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Framed and glazed with wire for suspension to the reverse; the sampler reads: 'Religion should our thoughts engage / Amidst our youthful bloom / Twill fit us for declining age / and for the awful tomb / Frances Todd / Aged 11 years / 1831'. 1.6 kg, 47 x 39 cm

Acquired on the UK art market.
East Anglian private collection.

This verse is quoted from 'Religion Is The Chief Concern', from John Fawcett's, Hymns Adapted to the Circumstances of Public Worship and Private Devotion, 1782.
Composed of bichrome and polychrome stone and glass eye inlays, including examples with iridescent surfaces. 290 grams total, 7-74 mm

Previously in a private collection, acquired between 1965-2020.

Lot No. 1986
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,365
Seated and bare-chested, wearing a pleated kilt, arms to the sides and hands resting on the knees; mounted on a wooden display stand. 11.2 kg total, 35 cm high including stand

Acquired 1970s onwards.
Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.

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