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Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,600
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,850
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,750
Sold for (Inc. bp): £41,600
Sold for (Inc. bp): £32,500
Sold for (Inc. bp): £29,900
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,600
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,400
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,050
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
Lot No. 0357
18
CELTIBERIAN GOLD NECK TORC
Sold for (Inc. bp): £14,950
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,050
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
Sold for (Inc. bp): £22,100
Sold for (Inc. bp): £28,600
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,650
Lot No. 1837
4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Silver thimble with hallmark to basal rim: '7', maker's mark 'R.P', lion passant, Chester assay mark, shield with script 'A' for 1901. 6.34 grams, 23 mm

Found Hertfordshire, UK.

The maker's mark is for Robert Pringle & Sons, who were active in London and Chester in the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century.
Lot No. 1838
 
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
With tabular and annular lapis lazuli beads, gilt beaded collars. 47 grams, 65 cm long

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

Discoid types with socket to one face, stamped values. 102 grams total, 15-29 mm

Acquired since the 1970s.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Lot No. 1840
1
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Mixed group of silver-coloured metal granulated pendants. 81 grams total, 32-47 mm

Property of a South West London gentleman.

Lot No. 1841
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With battle scene between the Ottomans and the Persians set on a hill, composed of a meleé of mounted warriors attacking each other with swords, on older paper; mounted in a glazed wooden frame. 981 grams, 44.5 x 28 cmFine condition.

Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.

Lot No. 1842
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Group of two silver-coloured metal drinking-horn finials comprising: tubular body developing to an elephant's head with recurved trunk; tubular body with scale detailing, parcel-gilt monstrous head with jaws open and fish between, stopper to the fish's tail with securing chain. 123 grams total, 11.2-12 cm

Property of a South West London gentleman.

Lot No. 1843
1
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Group of two mounts, each a rectangular tongue and stylised grotesque mask with pellet eyes. 430 grams total, 11.2-11.4 cm

Ex London, UK, collection, 1970-1990s.

Accompanied by a previous catalogue information card.

Lot No. 1844
1
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Mixed group of silver-coloured metal finger rings each with an applied bezel, including one heart-shaped with floral motif, one a peacock with lobed tail, and other types. 67 grams total, 23-34 mm

Property of a South West London gentleman.

Lot No. 1845
3
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mixed group of discoid tokens with various designs. 152 grams total, 16-29 mm

Acquired since the 1970s.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Lot No. 1846
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Mixed group of silver-coloured metal pendants each with a lapis lazuli insert, one with a unicorn appliqué, one with intaglio peacock, one with incuse floral motif. 147 grams total, 81-92 mm

Property of a South West London gentleman.

Lot No. 1847
1
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Showing a female figure in a stylised landscape within a blue and white frame, itself set in a larger landscape composed of wispy flowering trees and sparse bushes; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 904 grams, 43.5 x 31.2 cmFine condition.

Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.

With discoid bezel, incuse heart motif surrounded by scrolled foliage. 4.12 grams, 22.88 mm overall, 19.85 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)

Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 617, for type.

The heart motif and foliage surround suggest that this was intended to be a love token (Chadour, item 608) possibly of Italian origin.
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