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LOT 1922
Framed Artefact Collection
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
17 1/8 x 17 1/8 in. (2.1 kg, 43.5 x 43.5 cm).
A mixed group of artefacts mainly comprising coins, buttons and buckles, artfully arranged into the shape of a house with smoke billowing from the chimney, the sun emerging from behind a cloud; framed and glazed. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceThe contents found Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, UK, by Ken Burrell whilst searching with a metal detector, since 2010.
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AUCTIONS:
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Georgian Silver 'Vive Memor Leti' Memento Mori Ring
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
With stepped lozengiform bezel, central gilt plaque with skeleton and star, guilloche to the shoulder; inscribed in florid italic hand to the inner face of the hoop 'Vive Memor Leti' (be mindful of death in life). 4.14 grams, 22.92 mm overall, 18.42 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s.
The Latin phrase is taken from the work of the 1st century AD poet Aulus Persius Flaccus, Satires V 151-3: vive memor leti ! fugit hora; hoc quod loquor inde est (Live mindful of death. Time is fleeting [and] every word I speak is [borrowed] from it.). -
Mixed Artefact Group
20th century A.D. and earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £85
Including ceramic figures, bronze tool, perspex mounts, ceramic tile and other items 1.87 kg total, 10-10.9 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Tudor Terracotta Thumb Base Jug
Circa 16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
With carination below the shoulder. broad neck and strap handle; rouldetting to the lower body, flared base with impressed piecrust edge. 391 grams, 16 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
