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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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Tudor Period 'Thames' Button and Pendant Group
Circa 16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: an oblate glass bead with hexafoil and loop, and a bronze pyramidal dangle. 1.64 grams total, 10-11 mm
Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa mid 1980s. Property of an Essex collector. -
Large Egyptian Revival Painted Stone Statue
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
A substantial decorative designer bust depicting a male with hair tied at the nape of the neck and wearing the pschent double crown; after the antique. 22.2 kg, 41 cm
From a French collection, Paris. Ex Parisian gallery, France; latterly with a London, UK, gallery. -
Larger Than Life-Size Hellenistic Style Female Marble Head
Late 19th-early 20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
Modelled in the round with heavy brow extending to a slightly aquiline nose, deep-set lentoid eyes above high cheekbones, a small mouth with lips slightly parted; the hair combed radially and the outer band parted centrally and gathered at the nape of the neck in a chignon; mounted on a custom-made stand. 32.3 kg total, 49 cm high including stand
Acquired prior to 1952. Hauser family collection, Zurich, Switzerland. French collection Madam X, acquired from the above 1984. UK private collection, 1997. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11984-206396.