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LOT 2054
Bowl with Figures and Calligraphy
LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D.
8 in. (1 kg, 20.2 cm wide).
Carinated and decorated with figures and panels of calligraphy between geometric bands. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 2000s.
Property of a Suffolk gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Post Medieval Bronze Fire Strikers
17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £360
Both with two large arched loops for fingers; one with a triangular, the other with a rectangular striking peen; profile formed as a ship with pointed stern and the bow ending in a volute, engraved wave pattern along the hull; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 190 grams total, 18.5 cm wide including stand
German art market, before 2008. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00014409. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
These fire strikers represent one of the typical shape during the 17th and 18th centuries. They were shaped with two bows, and were often decorated with a series of ornamental strokes on the side. -
Tudor Apotropaic 'Anti Witchcraft' Wooden Ladle
16th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
With tapering flat-section handle, used as a device for warding off harmful magic; identified by Marie-Louise Kerr, curator of the West Berkshire Museum. 96 grams, 44.5 cm
Found wrapped in cloth along with fur, bones, and feathers, in the eves of a thatched cottage in Berkshire, UK, in 1978. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
'Lord Carnarvon' Highclere Castle Pewter Ladle
Late 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Base metal ladle with deep bowl, thick neck and spatulate finial, slightly curved in profile; indistinct punched pellet marks to reverse of handle. 407 grams, 37.7 cm
By repute from Highclere Castle from the 1950s onwards. Acquired from Newbury Antique Emporium. Property of a Berkshire, UK, gentleman collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Property of George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866 -1923), who financed the exploratory excavations of Howard Carter which resulted in the discovery and publication of the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamen in the 1920s. On 19 March 1923 Carnarvon contracted blood poisoning after accidentally shaving a mosquito bite infected with erysipelas. He died a few days later on 5 April, in the Continental-Savoy Hotel in Cairo. This unexpected and untimely death gave rise to the story of the 'Curse of the Mummy'. He is buried in a tomb at Beacon Hill, Hampshire and the family lives in Highclere Castle nearby. Highclere is the location chosen for the filming of the BBC drama series 'Downton Abbey'.
