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LOT 2372
Geissler-Type Hydrogen Spectrum Discharge Tube
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
10 1/4 x 4 3/8 in. (2.46 kg total, 26 x 11 cm).
Unsigned, of H-form, with a large spherical ballast reservoir above two vertical limbs joined by a narrow horizontal capillary; the lower electrode chambers with wire-wound terminal leads, the interior showing heavy metallic sputtering from use; accompanied by a wooden case, untested. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.
Mentioned in a letter to the editor of Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society, No. 16.
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LOT 2372
Geissler-Type Hydrogen Spectrum Discharge Tube
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Tudor Period Bronze Clasped Hands Betrothal Ring
Circa 16th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Flat-section hoop with bezel formed as clasped hands. 2.05 grams, 19.25 mm overall, 16.51 x 15.69 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Chinese Tang Dynasty Style Attendant Figure
20th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Hollow-form figure modelled standing and dressed in long garments tied at the waist, wearing a tall headgear. 490 grams, 22.4 cm
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990-2000. -
Tudor Bronze Skillet Handle with 'Fear God x Thomas Hatch'
1575-1599 A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Roughly rectangular in shape, tapering slightly towards the terminal, part of the wall and rim of the vessel remaining attached to the handle; on the upper side of the handle between two beaded borders an inscription cast in high relief thought to read '[FE]Ar(lis?)GOD+TAMAS.hACh'. 147 grams, 12.7 cm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-4C5F3B.
Thomas Hatch, was a foundry master known to have signed his wares 'TAMAS hACh', and is thought to have been operating between 1575 and 1599 (Butler and Green, 2003,72-73) at Broomfield in Kent. Although no Thomas Hatch's is known to include the phrase 'FEAR GOD', an example is known by Edmund Giles, thought to be Hatch's apprentice (Butler and Green, 2003, 69 and 73).
