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LOT 1877
Gold Snake Bracelet Group
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
2 3/4 - 2 7/8 in. (72 grams total, 69-73 mm).
Comprising three coiled gold bracelets with stylised snake head detailing. [3]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11888-200712.
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Post Medieval Silver Acme Scout and Bosun's Whistle
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Bosun's whistle with chain and crossbar, Scout's whistle with stamped maker's mark. 48 grams total, 6.5-28 cm
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Gold Engraved Touchpiece
17th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £156
Barrel-shaped with two impressed flat faces, one with a later engraving of a guilloche border and looped tendrils framing reserved initials 'PO P[R]' above and lower 'NU [.]M'; possibly a touchpiece or love token. 5.53 grams, 17 mm
Acquired since the 1970s. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of the article 'A Roman or Anglo-Saxon Fertility Amulet?' published in Treasure Hunting Magazine.
The design is reserved and very faint; the outer guilloche is quite convincing but the details of the design are hard to determine, and may always have been quite indistinct. The impression is of a 17th century love token with the initials of the couple. The finder's article implies an Anglo-Saxon date, probably on the strength of the guilloche which was often use on early Saxon metalwork - but it is a long-lived motif and not specific to that one period.
