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LOT 1802
Elizabethan Period Ceramic Fire Brick Group
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
5 - 5 5/8 in. (5.61 kg total, 12.5-14.3 cm).
Each differently sized and displaying a design in relief, including a plant, crowned heraldic shield, shells and foliage around a cartouche and other worn motif. [4]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Cf. similar specimen in the British Museum, inventory no.OA.9377.
FootnotesThese glazed stove or floor tiles are similar to the ones of the great hall and the Tudor kitchens at Hampton Court Palace, made of ceramic, with a glaze to make it hard-wearing and washable. Not just the furnishings, but the palaces themselves were multi-coloured, with brick walls painted red, and exposed timbers in yellow, red, green and white.
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Post Medieval Glazed Ceramic Tile Group
17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising two designs in relief: three horses in an enclosure; two felines grappling with each other. 1.24 kg total, 9.4 x 10 - 9.5 x 10.4 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
The tile production increases in the second half of the sixteenth century and during the following centuries. The fragments discovered from various localities (pot-tiles, rectangular, triangular and trapezoidal panels, open-work crest tiles) were all produced in regional workshops, from the end of the 15th century or at the beginning of the 16th century. They all had diverse decorative motifs, mainly animals and geometrical or vegetal combinations, almost all of them singular finds for this study area. -
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Very Large Copper Tray
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Or charger, extensively decorated with reserved leaves and tendrils in panels. 3.65 kg, 59.7 cm wide
Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 2000s. Property of a Suffolk gentleman. -
Leather Bound Religious Manuscript Book
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Leather-bound book of a religious treatise with Naskh text in red on the first page beneath a banner with cross images and Greek text below; many pages with large Greek letters in black and Naskh script sub-headings in red ink; red Arabic numerals to the corner of some pages; marginal notations and other markings; probably from North Africa. 555 grams. 19 x 14 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
