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LOT 1971
Detailed Stone Phallus
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
6 3/4 in. (1 kg total, 17 cm wide including stand).
Lentoid in section with incised scrolled tendril ornament; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Bronze Button and Badge Group.
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Including regimental and other dress buttons, a 'BOAC Junior Jet Club' lapel badge, and other items. 120 grams total, 14-49 mm
Found Tyne and Wear, UK. -
Elizabethan Bronze Ring with Green Cabochon
16th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
With a flat-section hoop widening at the shoulders with incised linear lines radiating from the bezel; circular collet set with a green glass cabochon and secured with claws. 7.18 grams, 27.43 mm overall, 17.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J 1/2, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9)
Found at Penllyn, Vale of Glamorgan, UK. From the collection of a Caerphilly, UK, gentleman formed since 1990. Accompanied by a copy of a museum report with reference no.NMGWPA 2005.27. -
Post Medieval Silver Ring with Chi Rho
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
With ellipsoid bezel, incuse Christogram comprising a monogram of chi, rho, alpha, and omega. 8.48 grams, 23.68 mm overall, 18.31 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.