Banded Agate Bead Necklace

With flat oval cross-section stem, tapering very slightly from the bowl and ending in a simple ball seal knop; a maker's mark in the form of a Tudor rose within a circular border stamped within the bowl, adjacent to the stem. 48 grams, 17 cm



From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.

Spoons with this type of knop date from the 16th century A.D. The knop, when bearing an owner's initial, could be used as a seal. The bronze spoons of the Tudor era were inexpensive and not mentioned in wills, but if silvered or in silver they were often listed among their owner’s property.

Ellipsoid panel with polychrome landscape scene with a reaper in the foreground advancing holding his scythe over his right arm, wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat, plain doublet and hose; in the middle distance, two figures reaping and a third resting, a shepherd catching a sheep by the hindlegs and a seated woman shearing the fleece from another on the threshold of a barn; in the distance, wooded hills with a castle and town; inked title 'Iŭnius' (June); lead came with two suspension loops; cracked and repaired. 268 grams, 24 cm



Collection of Henry L Hotellier (1908-1993), and by descent until 2021. Encheres Cote d'Opal DeBacker Richmond, 22 May 2021, no.263 [Part].

An indenture: handwritten in English in ink over forty-four ruled lines; with multiple signatures; red wax seals bearing impressions. 187 grams, 59.5 x 42 cm



Acquired 1970s onwards. Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK. Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.