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LOT 1808
Bronze Brooch Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 - 4 1/4 in. (963 grams total, 10-11 cm).
Comprising six 'Roman style' bow brooches, each with a large discoid plaque, scooped foot and headplate, ferrous pin and spring; enlarged versions modelled on the Roman kräftig profilierte type. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a European gentleman.
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Brass Mounted Abacus
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Wooden frame with brass fittings, eleven posts each with two beads in the upper register and five beads in the lower register; varnished. 500 grams, 31 x 17 cm
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Post Medieval Toy Finial with Two Faces
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D-shaped in profile with grotesque male face to both sides, the mouth and chin formed with a separate panel. 31.6 grams, 33 mm
Found Essex, UK. Property of an Essex collector. -
Mixed Bronze and Lead Statuette Group
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Including a rat with child rider, perching eagle, hare and other types. 591 grams total, 6.7-12.8 cm
From 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.