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LOT 1951
Elizabethan Period Ceramic Fire Brick Group
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
5 - 5 1/2 in. (7.7 kg total, 13-14 cm).
Comprising four bricks displaying raised designs: a crowned shield; two displaying armorials flanking an object with tiered base; facing male and female bust within roundels, swags around. [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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LOT 1951
Elizabethan Period Ceramic Fire Brick Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £140
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Group of three silver coins mounted obverse-outwards on a horn shank with brass suspension ring: Charles II threepence; George II sixpence; Queen Anne sixpence; each coin pierced. 11.8 grams, 95 mm
Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. -
Post Medieval Inscribed Bronze Signet Ring
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The hoop expanding at the shoulders to an oval bezel, ornamental dashing to the shoulders and inscription over three lines to the bezel. 5.33 grams, 22.39 mm overall, 18.30 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
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Lunate with trefoil terminals, punch decorated with quatrefoils, lozenges, crescents and dot-in-ring ornament; pierced for suspension. 12.3 grams, 48 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
