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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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Silver-Coloured Metal Artefact Group
20th century A.D. and earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £59
Including foil dangle with repoussé fish motif, cruciform pendant and other items. 84 grams total, 20-66 mm
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. -
Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Composed of graduated coin-shaped beads, with hook-and-eye clasp. 72 grams, 43 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
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Framed Watercolour Painting
Persia, 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
With two lines of a poem, permitting a view into a grand architectural setting, populated by falconers, musicians, attendants and others entertaining a prince seated beneath a pagoda, hilly landscape beyond the walls, broad stylised floral border to three sides, Indian workmanship; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 782 grams, 38.6 x 25.5 cm
Very fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
