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LOT 0655
Egyptian Assorted Faience and Other Beads in Early 20th Century Tin Box
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
1/8 - 3/4 in. (87 grams total including tin, 1-18 mm).
Comprising mostly glazed tubular, globular, barrel and other beads, in a vintage red cigarette box with an old label 'The Alma Cigarettes Company, Ltd., Boulak Square Cairo'. [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 0655
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)
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