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LOT 2061
African Terracotta Bead Necklace Group
12TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
29 1/8 in. (83 grams total, 74 cm each).
Ten restrung mainly cream and beige-coloured rondelle, tubular and ribbed beads, and other types. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a UK gallery, early 2000s.
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Cylinder Seal Electrotype Group
Late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Of academic interest, copper-coated lead seal impressions including presentation scenes, combat scenes, court scenes and others; some with cuneiform text. 250 grams total, 36-46 mm
Possibly made by the British Museum. From a West Country, UK, private collection. -
Post Medieval Stained and Natural Wooden Gaming Pieces
Southern Germany, Nuremberg, 18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Turned wooden counters in natural and dark-stained versions; some of the darker type with the bust of a Holy Roman Emperor to one face and a prospect of a city (Vienna, Danzig, etc.), as well as comic figures and scenes; the lighter group with similar motifs as well as hunting and other scenes. 320 grams total, 51 mm each
Private collection, Europe. Acquired on the English art market.
Similar game pieces are often signed ‘PHM’ for Philipp Heinrich Müller (1654-1719). There are eleven stained pear wood pieces and ten natural pear-wood pieces. The game pieces are decorated with busts, commemorative medals, cities, figural scenes including interiors, daily life and great battles, German / Austrian cities and figures from the engravings of Jacques Callot (1592-1635). -
Cartoon-Related Vintage Pin Badge Collection
Circa 1970s A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Including 'Dennis the Menace Fan Club', Snoopy 'Let's See Eye to Eye' and other types. 46 grams total, 25-63 mm
From the private collection of a S.W. London gentleman, acquired in the 1970s.
