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LOT 2581
Medieval Reproduction Artefact Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
2 1/8 - 5 in. (540 grams total, 5.3-12.7 cm).
Comprising: a clay pipe commemorating General Gordon; a cast iron caltrop; two plaster impressions from seals; a forged iron caltrop; a green-glazed figural jug. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
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LOT 2581
Medieval Reproduction Artefact Collection
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Style Terracotta Funerary Cone Group
20th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising three cone finials, two with identical hieroglyphs and decoration, and one with five vertical lines of raised text. 1.18 kg total, 9.5-10.6 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
Neo-Classical Glass Fob Seal with Bust
19th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising an aqua glass seal with facetted handle, applied black glass frame; underside with incuse profile bust of a bearded man with tousled hair; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.7 grams, 21 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Framed HMS Association Shipwreck Carlos II (Mexico, 1680) Silver 8 Reales 'Piece of Eight'
Sunk 1707 A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
The coin in a handwritten coin packet and displayed in a wooden glazed frame with a certificate of origin. 557 grams total, 33.7 x 23.7 cm including frame
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
In October 1707, the Association, commanded by Captain Edmund Loades, was returning from the Mediterranean with Shovell on board. The 21 ships in the squadron entered the mouth of the English Channel on the night of 22 October 1707 (Old Style). The Association struck the Outer Gilstone Rock off the Isles of Scilly, and was wrecked with the loss of her entire crew of about 800 men, along with three other ships (including HMS Eagle and HMS Romney). As a result of navigational errors, the ships were not where they were reckoned to be. It was largely as a result of this disaster that the Board of the Admiralty instituted a competition for a more precise method to determine longitude. The wreck site was rediscovered in 1964 by the Naval Air Command Sub Aqua Club. Members of the club recovered gold coins, a bronze cannon and many other artefacts from the Association site. More than 2,000 coins and other artefacts recovered from the wreck site were auctioned by Sotheby’s in July 1969.
