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LOT 1478
French Silver 'For My Life' Iconographic Ring with Amethyst Gemstone
LATE 18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.67 grams, 26.82 mm overall, 18.35 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49 , Japan 16)).
Hoop with winged angels forming the shoulders above a cross to one face and pierced heart to the other; bezel with inset pyramidal amethyst; underside inscribed 'amavye' (for my life). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Sussex, UK, private collection.
Property of a Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1478
French Silver 'For My Life' Iconographic Ring with Amethyst Gemstone
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
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Viking Age Bronze Ring Group
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: one complete ring with faux-twisted bezel; one fragmentary ring bezel with openwork design. 5.6 grams total, 18-25 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Bronze Statue of Egyptian Osiris
Late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
The god standing on an integral square base holding agricultural implements and wearing the atef crown, mounted on a custom-made stand; after the antique. 1.11 kg total, 24.5 cm high including stand
Ex Paris collection. French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s. -
Irish O'Connell Bronze Supporters' Badge Centre
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Sheet-bronze, stamped with bust of Daniel O'Connell with surrounding legend: 'D OCONNELL ESQ / REM[BR] 30 MAY 1844'. 0.58 grams, 20 mm
Found near Wigan, Lancashire, UK, circa 2006. Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman.
O'Connell campaigned for the rights of Irish Catholics and for Irish independence from the United Kingdom. He was convicted of seditious conspiracy early in 1844 but this was reversed by the House of Lords later the same year.
