Composed of spherical, coin-shaped and tubular weights, together with examples of hexagonal and octagonal cross-section; carved using a veined stone. 76 grams total, 26-42 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
The hoop expanding to facetted shoulders and an octagonal bezel engraved with crowned initials 'ΠH' within an angled wreath. 12.31 grams, 24.66 mm overall, 20.74 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.77, Japan 22)
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Restrung; composed of translucent tubular glass beads, some decoratively twisted. 22.3 grams, 66 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Including armorials and decorative designs, comprising bowls of various shapes and dates; together with a number of stems. 1.2 kg total, 3.7-12.4 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Bulbous-bodied with a short neck, deep rim and strap handle; polychrome roundels to the mouth, spots to the rim and shoulder, black figure harpy with the head of a mature man and body of a bird, wheel motif to the base; accompanied by a display stand. 139 grams total, 95 mm high including stand
Ex Norfolk, UK, collection.
Ex Moore Antiquities, West Sussex, UK, in the 1990s.
Accompanied by an old Moore Antiquities cataloguing display card with reference no.1915.
Comprising group of mixed size small amuletic beads in form of a crouching lion; each pierced for stringing. 22 grams total, 11-19 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Composed of a trumpet-style neck and mouth and slightly splayed pedestal foot, arcading to the underside of the mouth, hammered geometric panels around the circumference with engraved geometric fill. 709 grams, 19 cmFine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 2000s.
Property of a Suffolk gentleman.
Restrung; composed of translucent blue glass beads interspersed with umber-coloured spacer beads. 8.01 grams, 76 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Depicting a court scene with assembled crowd of courtiers and attendants, one in European dress, before a potentate seated beneath a canopy; panel of nastaliq text above; mounted in a glazed wooden frame. 2.7 kg, 66 x 49.5 cmVery fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
Substantial disc with beaded edge, Tudor rose beneath a crown with flowers and tendrils in the field. 23.18 grams, 40 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Comprising: one square in plan with nasta'liq text; two octagonal with text and tendrils; one ellipsoid with nasta'liq script and tendril ornament; one discoid with text in three lines. 7.58 grams total, 13-17 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
The seal matrices displaying: a pelican on her next and initials flanking foliage; fobs including: glass intaglio with bird and 'come back' legend; swivel fob with heraldic device to one face and sailing vessel to the other; red glass(?) fob bearing possible figure; clear glass example displaying a sailing vessel. 28 grams total, 18-32 mm
Found Berkshire, UK.