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LOT 1881
Cased Collection of Civil War and Other Artefacts from Excavations at Newark and Leicester Siege Sites
CIRCA 1645-1646 A.D.
17 3/4 x 12 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (18.4 kg total, box: 45 x 31 x 16.5 cm).
Comprising: clay pipe stems; clay pipe bowls; pistol and musket balls; lead whorls and other items; thimbles, and domestic items; fragments of glazed pottery, bellarmine jug, tiles and other items; in an 18th century or later wooden display box with six compartments above and sliding drawer with four more compartments, brass escutcheon to obverse; brass hinges to lid, frontal plate with two lateral pivoting reeded panels, each engaging with peg on the underside of the lid; brass drop-handle to each endwall; brass lock (no key); lid with reserved panel, heater shield with arms featuring hatched bars and a vertical arrow; old collector's paper note with legend 'Artefacts excavated from camps and fortifications along the circumvallation from the 3rd siege of the toun [sic] of Newark 1645-1646 from Beacon Hill - Leicester's camp - Marlborough old line - backoly - Molly Hornwork Kings line - See R. Clamps plan' [No Reserve]
ProvenanceExcavated from camps and fortifications from the 3rd siege of Newark (1645-1646); Beacon Hill, a Leicester camp; Marlborough old line, Backely; and Molls Hornwork, Kings Line.
From the private collection of John Fox, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK, antiquarian and archaeologist; his collection assembled in the 1950s-1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
A hornwork was a defensive construction, a flat face between two bastions.
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LOT 1881
Cased Collection of Civil War and Other Artefacts from Excavations at Newark and Leicester Siege Sites
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Chinese Archaic Style Bronze Vessel
20th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Square in section and piriform in profile with taotie masks supporting drop handles, domed lid with four dragon appliqués. 3.2 kg, 34 cm high
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1990s, and Desmond Morris. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Intaglio Gemstone Collection
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Comprising: two carnelian with a goat facing back; a rectangular agate intaglio with a bust of man wearing a tall headdress; an oval agate intaglio with diademed male bust; a circular agate intaglio with a helmetted bust; an oval agate intaglio with a bearded male bust wearing a tall headdress; an oval quartz intaglio with a diademed male bust; an octagonal quartz intaglio with a male bust; after the antique. 8.34 grams total, 11-18 mm
From a West London, UK, collection, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Trevor Boyer - Limited Edition Framed Owl Print Pair
Late 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: each print in a glazed wooden frame with artist's signature and numeration ('101/500' in both cases). 801 grams, 29 x 24 cm each
Property of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
