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LOT 0683
Egyptian Assorted Faience and Other Beads in Early 20th Century Tin Box
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
1/8 - 5/8 in. (74 grams total including tin, 1-16 mm).
Comprising mostly glazed tubular, globular, barrel and other beads; in a vintage 'MacRobertson's' chocolate box. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceExcavated from Egypt in 1914.
From the private collection of Mr David Sams and his wife Elizabeth Kate Sams, gentry and amateur archaeologists who travelled to Egypt in 1914 with their daughter Ethel. Mr Sams and his wife led digging expeditions from which these items come from the family estate of Mr and Mrs Sams, by direct descent to their granddaughter.
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LOT 0683
Egyptian Assorted Faience and Other Beads in Early 20th Century Tin Box
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Curved Knife Blade from Thebes
Neolithic Period, 11,000-5,200 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Lentoid in profile, with one curved blade and a sharp tip, rounded butt; accompanied by a handwritten label reading 'Knife with fine ripple flaking, Neolithic'. 59 grams, 10.4 cm
Found Thebes. From the collection of A.D. Passmore (1879-1958), his collection of flints from the area of Stonehenge was donated to the Ashmolean Museum in the 1950s. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by a copy of an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton. -
Egyptian Alabaster and Ceramic Group
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period, 1353-1336 B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: an alabaster fragment with two deeply incised lines and part of a hieroglyph; a portion of a narrow rectangular inkwell with two feet on the underside; a fragment of an opaque blue glass vessel with dark blue, yellow and white decoration; and a fragment of a decorated Mycenaean vessel. 94 grams total, 29-78 mm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
Romano-Egyptian Terracotta Pot
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Squat in profile with low rim to the mouth; old collector's label 'Roman pot found at Aswan'. 75.8 grams, 63 mm wide
Found at Aswan, Egypt. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
