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LOT 1975
French Miniature Portrait Pair
19TH CENTURY A.D.
4 - 4 3/8 in. (144 grams total, 10-11 cm).
Comprising two three-quarter busts of young well-dressed gentlemen; both painted on paper and set in recessed wooden frames with metal collars. [2]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Western Asiatic Style Bronze Calligraphic Roundel Pair
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising two sheet-bronze discs with applied calligraphic decoration to one side, decorative loop to each end. 126 grams total, 10.8-11 cm
From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Post Medieval Bronze Artefact Group
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: three decorative buttons; fob seal matrix with plain intaglio; a spherical white metal button; a red glass intaglio with profile bust set in a fragmentary swivel mount; a clear glass pendant with three oak leaves; a glass intaglio of a seated Lady Justice set in a bronze frame. 38.3 grams total, 16-26 mm
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector. From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000. Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Hellenistic Style Terracotta Figurine
19th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Modelled in the round on a rectangular base, seated female wearing a crested cap, peplos dress and palla holding a coin-purse to her midriff, collector's reference 'ABLT' to underside. 157 grams, 11.6 cm
Ex Louis-Gabriel Bellon (c.1819-1899), France. Private collection, Europe. Accompanied by a copy of French passport no.111342 dated 6 July 2009. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
