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LOT 2004
Cased Bronze Age to Post Medieval 'Published' Button Collection
850 B.C.-1800 A.D.
20 x 14 1/8 x 2 in. (3.1 kg total, 51 x 36 x 5 cm including case).
Collection of mainly bronze and silver buttons and fasteners, labelled and mounted in a glazed wooden display case; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series and Buttons & Fasteners 500 BC-AD 1840. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
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LOT 2004
Cased Bronze Age to Post Medieval 'Published' Button Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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Post Medieval Dutch Glazed Ceramic Tile Group
Circa 17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising blue and white glazed floral and geometric designs. 3.1 kg total, 13 x 13 - 13.5 x 13.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Reproduction Cuneiform Foundation Cone and Erotic Seal Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A mixed reproduction group comprising: cuneiform cone for Ishme-Dagan, King of Isin; large plano-convex black stone stamp seal with incuse erotic scene. 363 grams total, 48-147 mm
From a North American gallery. From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent. -
Silver Bowl with Animals and Calligraphy
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £244
Decorated with circumferential bands of lozenges, floral vines, calligraphic text, animals processing right amid flowers, second band of floral vines and panel of text to base. 140 grams, 12.2 cm wide
Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 2000s. Property of a Suffolk gentleman.