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LOT 1973
Bedouin Silver-Coloured Metal Ring with Gemstone
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (8.80 grams, 30.14 mm overall, 18.20 x 17.69 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
D-section hoop with scroll design, large bezel with tendril decoration underneath, set with a lapis lazuli intaglio with a fantastical beast motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, collection, 1980s-1990s.
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Stuart Period Clasped Hands Ring
Circa 17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising a slender hoop with two clasping hands. 2.41 grams, 21.62 mm overall, 18.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Large Original Railway Poster - Old Country Towns by Gregory Brown
Circa 1938 A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Large paper advertising poster in five tones depicting a country town with a mix of weatherboard, brick-built and Georgian shops and buildings, figures and horses; to bottom left 'Gregory Brown / 38'; title 'Old Country Towns in Southern England' over 'via Southampton Docks or the short sea routes of the Southern Railway'; bottom right 'Printed in Great Britain by Waterlow and Sons, London and Dunstable'; linen backed. 931 grams, 134 x 108.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.
F. Gregory Brown was a commercial artist who inspired a generation of designers and helped to improve the quality of pre-war advertising in Britain. 'Old Country Towns' was one of Brown’s last works, printed just before his death aged 54 in 1941.
