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LOT 2175
Agate Necklace Bead Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (175 grams total, 14 mm each).
Comprising forty matching spherical banded agate beads with single median stripe, with six further beads of slightly different pattern; all pierced for stringing. [46, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Stone and Other Amulet Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Including a carnelian anthropomorphic bead, carved elephant, bone female head and other items. 75 grams total, 26-50 mm
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 Byzantine Bronze Pendant with Crucifixion Scene
15th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
A portable icon depicting the Crucifixion, Mary and Saint John the Theologian flanking the cross, angels in the upper corners, Golgotha skull under the cross and inscription I.N.R.I. to the upper part of the cross; crenelated frame with hanging loop to the top. 92 grams, 67 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
The scene corresponds to John's Gospel: 'Here is your son.' 'Here is your mother.' (John 19:25-27). Portable icons of this kind were often carried by soldiers or by the travellers during a war, to assure the Divine protection and journey's safety. -
Knights of Malta 'Order of St. John' Silver Spoon Group
Dated 1795 and 1796 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
The larger made from a Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Emmanuel de Rohan (1775-1797), Grandmaster, 2 Scudi, dated 1796: F. EMMANUEL DE ROHAN M . M ., armoured bust right, to the reverse crowned oval shield, beaded and spiked, within sprigs, divided date above; the smaller made from a silver Kingdom of Naples 'Ferdinand IV 1 Carlino (10 Grana) dating 1795. 45.08 grams total, 8.6-15.7 cm
Property of a Northamptonshire lady, by descent.
