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LOT 2480
Large Jewelled Brass Altar Cross with Base
LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D.
35 3/4 in. (11.8 kg total, 91 cm).
Comprising: substantial wheel-headed cross with central Agnus Dei on a hatched field, applied studs and cells set with agate cabochons to the obverse, conical socket with screw thread; D-section base with flat rear, scooped profile and three angled feet; openwork lateral quadrant with foliage, baluster socket.
ProvenanceDonated by Anne Read 17th May 1889.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
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LOT 2480
Large Jewelled Brass Altar Cross with Base
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£250 (EUR 290; USD 338) +BP*
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Post-Classical Green Glass Cameo of Man
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Opening Bid: £120
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Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Large North American Hadia or Tilngit Tribes Painted Wooden Totem Pole Model
19th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Modelled in half-round with a carved eagle perched at the top, below an animal with a long tongue and ears, an anthropomorphic figure holding a frog and a raven at the bottom; green and yellow pigment on the surface. 9.25 kg, 141 cm
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Post Medieval Enamelled Gold Recusant 'Death’s-Head' Memento Mori Ring
England, late 16th–early 17th century A.D.Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,750
With an octagonal bezel centred by a white enamel skull against a black enamel ground, the interior of the hoop engraved in italic script: 'OREMUS PRO FIDELIBUS DEFUNCTIS' for 'Let us pray for the faithful departed'. 3.43 grams, 19.44 mm overall, 16.81 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13509-263388.
The prayer for the faithful departed gives the ring its Catholic devotional character.
