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.jpg "Large Middle Elamite Cylinder Seal of Kidnu, Chief Overseer of King Tan-Ruhurater II")
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Of conical profile with broad rounded shoulder, trumpet-shaped neck with carinated sidewall; two square pierced lugs to the shoulder, zoomorphic spout and handle; band of interlocking 'wine-glass' motifs to the equator. 2.2 kg, 34 cm
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
Group of three love tokens, each a sixpence coin bent into a double-curved profile; one pierced and with initials to each face. 7.45 grams total, 20 mm each
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The custom of giving a bent coin as a love-token is known from the 17th century in England. The coins were usually smoothed to obliterate the monarch’s head and then bent twice; sometimes they were engraved with initials or symbols such as hearts or knots. If the sweetheart accepted the youth's advances, she kept the token; if not, she disposed of the coin. The tradition is referred to in the children's rhyme "There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile, he found a crooked sixpence on a crooked stile."
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The custom of giving a bent coin as a love-token is known from the 17th century in England. The coins were usually smoothed to obliterate the monarch’s head and then bent twice; sometimes they were engraved with initials or symbols such as hearts or knots. If the sweetheart accepted the youth's advances, she kept the token; if not, she disposed of the coin. The tradition is referred to in the children's rhyme "There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile, he found a crooked sixpence on a crooked stile."
Two rectangular carved panels, the larger with an arcade of lancet arches beneath a two leaf-shaped voids and four similar features radiating from a cinquefoil centre; the smaller with four lancet arches below a tracery; each with lips and raised panel to the reverse. 1.6 kg total, 38-43.2 cm
Acquired from various UK auction houses.
Property of a Kent collector.
Acquired from various UK auction houses.
Property of a Kent collector.
Restrung with coin-shaped and annular beads, granulated metal collars. 35 grams, 47 cmn
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
Original printed image of a bottle and filled glass in a pale green reveal with 'By Appointment' and royal arms above, 'Booth's Old Matured Dry Gin' below; in glazed wooden frame. 1.5 kg, 39 x 55 cm
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Miniature tomb with lancet arch detailing to the corners. tiered base, tiered upper body with carinated lid and high-relief cross pommee ornament. 9.9 kg, 34.5 cm
Acquired Mallams, Abingdon, UK, 7 October 2013, lot 238.
Property of a Kent collector.
Acquired Mallams, Abingdon, UK, 7 October 2013, lot 238.
Property of a Kent collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Original printed image of a seated female with one leg crossed over the other, smoking a cigarette; ivory-coloured reveal with 'Will's "Wild Woodbine" / Cigarettes 5 for wd. 10 for 4 d.; in glazed wooden frame; offered with original pack of five cigarettes. 2.25 kg total, 44 x 56.5 cm, cigarettes: 68 x 39 mm
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Each rectangular with low-relief symbol to one face. 116 grams total, 43-57 mm
Found Essex, UK.
Property of an Essex collector.
Found Essex, UK.
Property of an Essex collector.
Plano-convex plaque with incuse solar lion with sword motif. 17.2 grams, 39 mm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
Including a rat with child rider, perching eagle, hare and other types. 591 grams total, 6.7-12.8 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Two attached by means of a short tang and on by a folded socket. 1.03 kg total, 22-26 cm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
Comprising two reproduction versions of the 'Venus of Dolní Věstonice' and a third figure with stub arms. 379 grams total, 9.6-13.7 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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