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LOT 2026
Imperial German Kriegsmarine Medical Officers Shoulder Board and Another
19TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 - 4 1/2 in. (49 grams total, 10.7-11.3 cm).
Group of two shoulder boards, one for a medical officer with applied caduceus badge and interlaced ribbons, the other for an officer (no device attached). [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
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LOT 2026
Imperial German Kriegsmarine Medical Officers Shoulder Board and Another
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Greek Plaster Cast Collection
Late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising casts taken from cameos and intaglios featuring labours of Hercules and other subjects, smaller ones numbered. 135 grams total, 50-76 mm
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s. -
Pewter Spoon Collection
Circa 17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Each with a shallow circular bowl and sturdy stem, six with a stamped X-motif within pelletted border to the bowl, and two with three stamped rosettes above letters(?). 839 grams total, 16.5 cm
Acquired in the Netherlands in the 1990s. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Painted Wooden Icon with the Virgin of Tenderness
Russia, 16th-17th centuries A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Executed in oil and tempera with painted image of nimbate Mary embracing the nimbate infant Jesus; head of Mary with gilded nimbus and russet-coloured veil; the Virgin is shown in half length, wearing a red-gold fringed maphorion with elaborate golden saltires on the shoulders, over a dark blue robe, visible only on the gold embroidered cuffs; the child touching his mother's chin, holding a furled scroll in his left hand and dressed in blue tunic and wrapped in a gold-orange shawl; on upper left of the Virgin’s head Greek inscriptions 'ΜΡ ΘΥ' (Μήτηρ (τοῦ) Θεοῦ = Mother of God) and beside the Divine Child inscription in Greek letters 'ΙϹ ΧϹ' (ΙΗϹΟΥϹ ΧΡΙϹΤΟϹ = Jesus Christ); inside the nimbus of Christ three letters (only two visible) representing the continuous divine self-existence of Christ as God (O ѾN = The Only One who always exists); rectangular wooden board with mounting slots and bar to reverse. 1.78 kg, 45 x 35.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12928-246333.
This splendid specimen comes most probably from an ancient private aristocratic Russian household. It has a superb quality and consists in a refined representation of the Mother of God known as Eleousa (Umilyenie in Russian), in which the Virgin tenderly embraces the Christ Child. Characterised by an affectionate embrace of Mary and the Christ Child, the image combines the themes of maternal love and the Passion of Christ.
