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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
Displaying frigates at sea with single gun decks, flying naval ensigns. 802 grams total, 13 x 12.5 - 13 x 13 cm

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

Comprising a shallow ovoid bowl with facetted stem; bowl interior stamped with maker's mark 'M B' and with wriggle work. 71 grams, 17 cm

Found Thames foreshore spoil, 1980s.

Lot No. 2048
16
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
With coil-spring catch, inscribed to one face '·I·D·' and to the other '·In·Memmory·of·N.D. 1686' with pointillé detailing. 32.6 grams, 57 mm

From an Essex, UK, collection.
Property of an Essex gentleman.

Lot No. 2049
1
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Also known as a sola topi; with ivory-coloured upper and leather chin strap, stamped 'made for Whiteaway Laidlaw & Co Ltd', together with other stamps and date; original tin box with carry handle, hinged lid, hasp and painted initials 'C.H.B.', together with a depository label. 2 kg, 39 cm

Acquired from Manfred Schotten Antiques, UK, 2016.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.

Accompanied by a copy of an invoice.

Lot No. 2050
6
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Likely after a known Middle Kingdom example; modelled in the round and painted with lotus flower details. 399 grams, 15.5 cm

Prof. Horace Abram Rigg (1909-1978), Cleveland, 1960s.
Ex American collection, 2001.
with Chiswick Auctions, London, 11 December 2017.

Cf. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, inventory number AES 4211, for a similar (albeit ancient) example.

Comprising perforated octagonal plates with spiked attachments. 500 grams total, 12-22.5 cm

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

Lot No. 2052
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Displaying a figural scene in relief within a floral border, seemingly depicting a man and woman in a landscape setting in a romantic embrace. 828 grams, 12 cm

Property of a North London gentleman.

Lot No. 2053
8
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Displaying a stylised floral design composed of filigree ropework and plain bands, applied filigree roundels adorned with granules alternating with lozengiform plaques; reverse displaying squashed sheet-silver tubes radiating from central filigree 'ropework'. 6.04 grams, 29 mm

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Hollow-formed D-section body tapering towards a forked terminal. 3.66 kg total, 54 cm

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

Lot No. 2055
13
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Each composed of a rosette plaque with pendant dangle in the form of a female bust wearing necklace and earrings; curved wire hook. 5.47 grams total, 44 mm each

From the collection of H.B., a Sussex, UK, lady.

Lot No. 2056
14
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
The hoop expanding at the shoulders to an octagonal bezel, engraved with a centaur advancing right, looking left, holding a branch, within a linear border. 10.65 grams, 24.21 mm overall, 19.57 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)

London art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex gentleman.

In blue, clear and aqua glass including 'Davies & Shepheard, Chester', 'Cramptons Aerated Waters' and other types. 1.8 kg total, 8.1-23 cm high

Acquired UK market.
Ian Roper collection.

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