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LOT 1920
Enamelled Badge and Silver Cufflink Collection
MID 20TH CENTURY AD.
3/4 - 1 in. (24 grams total, 18-25 mm).
Including 'Butlins Reunion' badges for 1946-8, and two pairs of cufflinks. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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AUCTIONS:
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Egyptian Style Terracotta Snake
20th century A.D. or earlierEstimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
With D-section body and S-curved coils, head raised and mouth gaping to reveal a forked tongue; repaired. 456 grams, 18 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
The 'Schooner Douro' Shipwreck Bronze Manilla Currency Bracelet
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising a round-section penannular body and trumpet-shaped terminals; accompanying collector's handwritten note 'Schooner Douro trading from England > Puerto > Sudan (slaver) carrying manillas and beads, armoury and baled goods. Wrecked off Gt. Creberweshan Rock, Isles of Scilly 1943. All hands loss [sic].' 88 grams, 60 mm
From the old private collection of a retired UK gentleman; his collection formed in the 1990s. -
Georgian Bronze Horse Mount
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
Discoid in plan with chamfered rim, tondo with profile horse-head; two studs to reverse. 52 grams, 53 mm
Ex DRG Coins and Antiquities, Bishops Stortford, Essex, UK. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
