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LOT 2404
Large Brass Centerpiece with Blue Enamel
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
13 3/4 in. (1.8 kg, 35 cm wide).
Large tazza with a raised central boss, applied twisted ropework border, the small ribbon-like handles with blue enamel; a flared foot with a similar applied ropework collar.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
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LOT 2404
Large Brass Centerpiece with Blue Enamel
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon 'King Alfred Jewel' Replica
21st century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Comprising: piriform gilt-framed cell with inset composition cover revealing enamelled facing figure with sceptre in each hand; pelleted rim of the cell in openwork with reserved early West Saxon legend 'AELFED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN' ([King] Alfred ordered me [to be] made); to the apex a stylized beast-head with hollow muzzle to accept an insert; reverse with dense foliage design on a hatched field; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 30.59 grams, 53 mm
Private collection, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a previous information sheet.
A museum-quality copy of the famous æstel, a pointer used in reading. The hollow muzzle would have been provided with an ivory rod with tapering end (bone or wood might have been used, but ivory would be more suited to so prestigious an object). The original has a rock-crystal cover which reveals the cloisonné enamel image beneath. It is understood that these pointers were distributed from Winchester by the royal court alongside a handwritten manuscript of Gregory's Cura Pastoralis in English (West Saxon) translation to important ecclesiastical establishments with the instruction that the pointer should not be separated from the book, nor the book from the church. Alfred was responsible for undertaking the translation of the text, one of the 'books most needful for men to know' as his prologue states. -
Post Medieval Gemstone and Amulet Collection
20th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Including elephant modelled in the round, plano-convex type with incuse scorpion, similar with ant and other types. 12 grams total, 6-17 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
20th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of flattened oval and tubular beads, restrung with a modern clasp. 29 grams, 42 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
