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LOT 1951
Greek Wooden Polychrome Mount Athos Annunciation Plaque
19TH CENTURY A.D.
4 5/8 in. (44.2 grams, 11.7 cm).
Rectangular openwork plaque showing the Archangel Gabriel appearing to the Virgin Mary within an architectural arch.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
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LOT 1951
Greek Wooden Polychrome Mount Athos Annunciation Plaque
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) +BP*
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Irish Leather Powder Flask with Brass Fittings
19th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Stitched edges and a tubular neck with brass fittings. 84 grams, 19.3 cm
Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman. -
Post Classical Agate Cameo with a Helmeted Bust
20th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Oval cameo with profile bust of a young warrior with curly, long hair wearing a helmet with a long neck guard. 1.53 grams, 19 mm
Acquired on the European art market. -
Post Medieval Bronze Fire Strikers
17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £110
Both with two large arched loops for fingers; one with a triangular, the other with a rectangular striking peen; profile formed as a ship with pointed stern and the bow ending in a volute, engraved wave pattern along the hull; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 190 grams total, 18.5 cm wide including stand
German art market, before 2008. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00014409.
These fire strikers represent one of the typical shapes during the 17th and 18th centuries. They were shaped with two bows and were often decorated with a series of ornamental strokes on the side.
