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LOT 2170
Greek and Roman Style Artefact Group
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
2 - 4 5/8 in. (138 grams total, 5.2 -11.8 cm).
Including a juglet with trumpet-shaped mouth and a cycladic-type head mounted on a wooden stand. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK.
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Post Medieval Bronze Military and Other Button Collection
18th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Including tined and gilded types with mainly heraldic crests on torses; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series as well as Buttons & Fasteners 500BC-1840AD. 269 grams total, 14-27 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Restrung group of beads, mainly tubular and annular types. 13 grams, 42.5 cm
London, UK, art market, 1980-2000s -
Charles I City of London Lead Seal
1625-1631 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Two-part, four-lobed seal with strap and tag above; obverse with heater shield bearing the arms of the City of London with legend to beaded border 'DE * LO[.]DI ONO' (from London); reverse with angel holding an orb with legend 'GLORIA * IN * EXCELSIS' (glory in the highest); accompanied by a letter from the British Museum, with attachments. 37.5 grams, 57 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968. Accompanied by the original Museum of London letter by Geoff Egan dated 3rd January 1979.
The item was identified by Geoff Egan (then on secondment from the Museum of London to the British Museum) in 1979 as a four-lobed cloth seal, of a type which had recently been found from a shipwreck off the coast of Norway. The likelihood is that the seal was issued by or in connection with Blackwell Hall, which had a near-monopoly on the cloth trade in 17th c. London. The significance of the angel motif and the motto were not known to Egan, and are still debated.
