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LOT 1771
Elizabethan Period Ceramic Fire Brick Group
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
5 - 5 1/2 in. (9 kg total, 12.7-14 cm).
Each slightly differently sized and displaying designs in relief including heraldic shields, fleurs, a crowned lozenge and other worn motifs. [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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Framed Watercolour Painting
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Opening Bid: £30
Composed of six men wearing turbans, seated in a landscape, text above and below; 17 rows of text to the reverse; mounted in a bifacial reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 1.5 kg, 41.5 x 30.7 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Post Medieval Trench Art Ring
Dated 1918 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Composed of a flat-section hoop with expanded bezel, shallow inscribed volute hearts and geometric motifs to the shoulders, '1918' to centre. 2.41 grams, 20.80 mm overall, 19.21 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Post Medieval Bronze Signet Ring with Rearing Horse
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Hoop with rectangular cross-section, expanding to facetted shoulders and an octagonal bezel engraved with a rearing horse within a simple border. 10.04 grams, 24.82 mm overall, 19.98 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman.
