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LOT 1515
Civil War Period Lead Musket Ball Collection
CIRCA 17TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 1 in. (458 grams total, 10-25 mm).
Comprising twenty-five balls, some impacted and some with sprues. [25, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx UK deceased estate.
Property of a North London collector.
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Bactrian Style Alabaster Vessel
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Barrel-shaped body with narrow shoulder and wide mouth, rounded rim and flat base. 740 grams, 10 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Civil War Relics From the Siege of Newark
Circa 1645-1646 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500
In a glazed wooden case with various artefacts including musket balls, ceramic fragments, and three complete clay pipes by Robert Younge of Soutwell, Nottingham; at the bottom a raised plaque inscribed: 'CIVIL WAR RELICS / from the siege of NEWARK / 1645 - 1646 / found at the site of the camp / of troops of the Earl of Lincoln / nr. Clay Lane Newark'. 5.7 kg, 60 cm
From a 19th century collection based on the inscribed plaque and frame. From an old collection of antiquities collected by the Gilstrap family, wine merchants in Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK.
The Third Siege of Newark was the longest and lasted 26th November 1645 - 8th May 1646. King Charles I's army had been destroyed at the Battle of Naseby and many of his important cities and fortresses had been lost. Newark was one of the last Royalist towns capable of resisting a Roundhead army. Newark was besieged by 17,000 soldiers made up of Roundheads from the surrounding East Midlands and London, plus the Scottish Presbyterians called Covenanters. The siege lasted six months and the people of Newark suffered hunger, an extremely cold winter and and outbreaks of disease. On the 6th May 1646, King Charles I surrendered to the Scots in the nearby town of Southwell. Two days later Newark surrendered. -
Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Composed of coin-shaped beads with a hook-and-eye clasp. 104 grams, 44 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
