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LOT 1954
Italia. Siena (Republic) AR Grosso Set into a Later Silver Brooch.
BEFORE 1250.
2 3/8 in. (6.83 grams, 61 mm.).
[✠ SENAVETVS, large S flanked by four pellets] / ✠ ALFA ET CIƆ, cross pattée. CNI 26; Biaggi 2536.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
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LOT 1954
Italia. Siena (Republic) AR Grosso Set into a Later Silver Brooch.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Miniature Blue Glass Scent Bottle with Silver Filigree Mounts
England, 17th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Of facetted deep blue glass, enclosed within an elegant silver filigree cage mount retaining traces of its original gilding; the domed screw-cap similarly decorated with scrolling filigree ornament and fitted with a suspension loop, indicating that it was intended to be worn on a chain or ribbon, with an original clear glass stopper. 4.62 grams, 28 mm
Acquired on the European art market.
Delicate in scale yet refined in execution, the bottle is a characteristic example of late 17th-century English personal luxury wares. -
Renaissance Gemstone with Kneeling Satyr Drinking from a Goblet in Gold Ring
19th century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Black stone intaglio featuring a kneeling satyr before a grapevine, holding a large goblet in his right hand and a thyrsus in the crook of his left arm, a wine amphora behind him; set in a gold ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.51 grams, 22.29 mm overall, 19.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)
Acquired on the European art market. -
Post Medieval Silver Thimble Group
Circa 18th-19th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising three thimbles: the largest with a plain band stamped with 'G' and engraved with initials '*D*I*'; the second largest with a decorative band on the lower edge with a plain shield; the smallest with a decorative band to the lower edge resembling pinecones, and a plain shield. 11.15 grams total, 16-26 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Lancashire, UK, collector.
