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LOT 2014
Civil War and Later Lead Musket and Pistol Ball Group [100]
CIRCA 17TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1/4 - 3/4 in. (1.57 kg total, 7-21 mm).
Mixed group of musket and pistol shot, some with casting nipple still attached, some with impact damage. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, UK.
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LOT 2014
Civil War and Later Lead Musket and Pistol Ball Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Opening Bid: £50
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with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016. -
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Opening Bid: £60
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The icon is the so-called icon of the three hierarchs, Saint Gregory the Theologian (Gregory of Nazianzus), Saint Basil the Great (Basil of Caesarea) and Saint John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople. All three were important fathers of the church who strove to clarify and crystallise Dogma, for the unity of the faith, of the Liturgy and the needs of philosophy and letters. -
Ethiopian Painted Parchment of Virgin Watching Christ being Nailed to the Cross
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