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LOT 1785
Bactrian Style Alabaster Bowl
20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 in. (924 grams, 12 cm wide).
Biconvex in profile with gently flared rim to the mouth. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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Post Medieval Gold Ring with Cabochon Garnet
17th century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
With flat shoulders, rosette bezel with inset garnet cabochon. 2.76 grams, 23.72 mm overall, 19.94 x 16.02 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s. -
Post Medieval 'Thames' Stone and Ceramic Marble Collection
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Mixed group including white, grey, ochre and other types in various sizes. 693 grams total, 13-35 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984. Property of an Essex collector. -
William III Silver Love Token Group
1694-1702 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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."
