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LOT 2576
Bottle Opener Collection
MOSTLY 1920S A.D.
3 - 3 3/4 in. (518 grams total, 75-94 mm).
Various designs (all different), most with a registration number on the loop and advertising in low relief on the handle, including 'Buttermilk', 'Three in One', 'Whitbread', 'Crown Cork' and others. [18, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2576
Bottle Opener Collection
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Style Artefact Group
20th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two weights formed as ducks with their heads laid back along their spines; a pendant formed as a bull head with attachement loop to the top. 29 grams total, 23-39 mm
Private European collection, 1990s. -
Pewter 'American Independence' Chocolate Pot
Dated 1776 A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Urn-shaped in profile with stepped foot, deep shoulder, scooped spout, separate bell-shaped lid with knop handle; strap handle with applied copper-alloy sheath; inscribed beneath spout 'M.F. 1776'; beneath foot, low-relief ''F.C.G.' and 'Zinn'. 386 grams, 15.5 cm
Aquired in York circa 1985. From the collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
Possibly of German manufacture if the legend 'Zinn' denotes the word for 'tin', the major component in pewter. -
Post Medieval Gold Mourning Ring with Skull
England, dated 1725 A.D.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
With a chased hoop engraved externally: 'L: ROGERS.OB:19.AUG:1725.AET:22', fluted octagonal bezel set with an onyx intaglio engraved with an intertwined LR monogram and a skull and crossbones, triangular shoulders with small silver settings. 2.30 grams, 21.23 mm overall, 18.06 x 15.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13499-263472.
The memento mori jewellery of the 16th-18th centuries served as wearable ‘reminders of mortality’. Typical motifs within this genre included skulls, skeletons, crossbones, hourglasses, coffins, the gravedigger’s pick and shovel, and various other emblems of death and decay.
