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LOT 2069
Album of 19th Century Grand Tour Prints Including the Medici Tombs in Florence
19TH CENTURY A.D.
16 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (5.34 kg, 42 x 32.5 cm).
Large album containing black-and-white prints of architectural features, including the sarcophagus of Alexander the Great, some with pencilled notes beneath, and also including some unmounted and duplicate prints; covers detached.
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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LOT 2069
Album of 19th Century Grand Tour Prints Including the Medici Tombs in Florence
Sold for (Inc. bp): £455
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Mixed Elaborate Glass Bead Collection
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Comprising a colourful mix of cylindrical and spherical beads, including some millefiori examples. 454 grams total, 18-32 mm
From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s. -
Post Medieval Gold Ring with Carnelian Gemstone with Fourteen Faces
Italy, 17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,750
Composed of a D-section large hoop and an oval collet set with an intaglio intricately carved with a composite head composed of at least fourteen distinct faces, based on an image engraved after Jean Berain c.1675; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.66 grams, 22.60 mm overall, 20.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)
Acquired on the European art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13397-257946. -
Mixed Artefact Group
Neolithic and later, 6,000 B.P.-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: a stone arrowhead; a stone blade section; five glass beads with 'eye' motifs; a pendant formed as a spoked wheel; a bone cross mount; two cut halves of a fossil ammonite. 272 grams total, 1.1-11 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Lancashire, UK, collector.
