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African Style Stone Figure
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £59
Carved in the round with hands resting on the hips and legs spread. 3.15 kg, 28 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. -
Post Medieval Bronze Key and Thimble Collection
16th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising casket keys and barrel-type keys, tailors' thimbles and other items. 207 grams total, 19.7 x 9.7 cm including case
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Elizabethan Period Ceramic Fire Brick Group
Circa 16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising four bricks with raised designs: scrolling vegetation; two monograms, one a merchant's mark, in roundels divided by an object with tiered base and billeted border; male and female facing busts within dot-dash border; worn crowned shield issuing flowering vegetation. 6.4 kg total, 13-14 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
These glazed stove or floor tiles are similar to the ones of the great hall and the Tudor kitchens at Hampton Court Palace, made of ceramic, with a glaze to make it hard-wearing and washable. Not just the furnishings, but the palaces themselves were multi-coloured, with brick walls painted red, and exposed timbers in yellow, red, green and white -
Khmer Brown Glazed Elephant Lime Pot
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Bulbous in profile with four stub legs and broad flared mouth, applied detailing of an elephant's head with extended trunk and vents to the ears, lateral saddle detailing forming the handles, looped tail. 597 grams, 12.6 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. -
Stone Idol Group
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £33
Including carved face with inset annular eyes. 1.41 kg total, 8.5-13.8 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. -
Georgian Silver 'And The Word Was Made Flesh, And Dwelt Among Us' Iconographic Ring
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Flat-section hoop with incised design including cross in vesica, Calvary with cross, nimbate figure; legend in blackletter miniscule with vertical superscript slashes 'ET VERBUM CARO FACTUM EST ET HAVITAVIT IN NOBIS ('And The Word Was Made Flesh, And Dwelt Among Us'). 9.55 grams, 20.34 mm overall, 17.06 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s. -
'Nuestra Senora de la Luz' Shipwreck Terracotta Vessel
Sunk 1752 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With flared body and domed shoulder, narrow neck with gussetted rim, old collector's inventory label to underside '7'; rim chipped. 1.08 kg, 24.2 cm
Salvaged by Ruben Collado Amatriain in 1992. Accompanied by original signed declarations in both English and Spanish from Ms Mariana Faine Collado, daughter of Mr Ruben Collado Amatriain. -
Near Eastern Style Stone Gemstone Collection
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Mainly ellipsoid in plan, many with intaglio animal motifs, profile busts and others; after the antique. 64 grams total, 13-25 mm
From a central London ADA dealership, 1980-1990. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Large Bead Necklace
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising a graduated series of restrung coin-shaped beads with modern fasteners. 107 grams total, 43 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Composed of small oblate beads, restrung. 5.94 grams, 40.8 cm
Ex London art market. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
'Nuestra Senora de la Luz' Shipwreck Fork and Spoon Set
Sunk 1752 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising a four-pronged table fork and a spoon with ovoid bowl. 71 grams total, 16.5-17 cm
Salvaged by Ruben Collado Amatriain in 1992. Accompanied by original signed declarations in both English and Spanish from Ms Mariana Faine Collado, daughter of Mr Ruben Collado Amatriain. -
Tudor Terracotta Money Box
Circa 16th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
Onion-shaped container with knop handle, slot to the upper face. 387 grams, 13.8 cm
Acquired prior to 2000. Ex private collection, Cambridgeshire, UK.