Loading, please wait...
LOT 2017
Georgian Pewter Spoon
18TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/2 in. (61 grams, 19.2 cm).
With long ovoid bowl, square-section shank and broad scooped finial. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Suffolk, UK, collection.
CONDITIONTimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
-
Group of Seals and Scaraboids
20th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Including fusiform, plano-convex and other types; after the antique. 46 grams total, 14-31 mm
From the late S M collection, London, UK, 1969-1999. -
Post Medieval Silver Love Token Collection
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Each coin worn flat and bent into a double-curved 's' profile, for use as a token of love. 17.55 grams total, 18-20 mm
Found Tyne and Wear, UK. This lot is for UK buyers only, not for export.
The custom of giving a bent coin as a love-token is known from the 17th century in England. The coins were usually smoothed to obliterate the monarch’s head and then bent twice; sometimes they were engraved with initials or symbols such as hearts or knots. If the sweetheart accepted the youth's advances, she kept the token; if not, she disposed of it. The tradition is referred to in the children's rhyme 'There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile, and found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile.' -
Hymalayan Hill Tribe 'Pumtek' Bead Necklace
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Including fusiform, spherical and other types with etched patterns on petrified wood. 118 grams, 84.5 cm
Private collection, UK.
