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LOT 0398
Miniature Blue Glass Scent Bottle with Silver Filigree Mounts
ENGLAND, 17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (4.62 grams, 28 mm).
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.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
FootnotesDelicate in scale yet refined in execution, the bottle is a characteristic example of late 17th-century English personal luxury wares.
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LOT 0398
Miniature Blue Glass Scent Bottle with Silver Filigree Mounts
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£200 (EUR 232; USD 270) +BP*
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Anthony Eden, Pierre Laval, Francois Piétri, and Henri Berenger meeting by Lucian Aigner; Cecil Stoughton, Lyndon B Johnson being sworn in as president after the assassination of J.F.K.
1935-2008 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Lucian Aigner silver gelatin print, 1935, photographer stamp verso, Anthony Eden, Pierre Laval, Francois Piétri, and Henri Berenger meeting; Cecil Stoughton, Lyndon B Johnson being sworn in as president after the assassination of J.F.K. in 1963, printed 2008, signed recto. 64 grams total, 25.5 x 20.2 - 35.3 x 28 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector. -
Western Asiatic Style Millefiori Glass Bead Necklace
20th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Composed of spherical mosaic glass beads interspersed with small light blue beads, two pairs of biconical blue beads at the ends; restrung with loop-and-bead closure; likely Indonesian. 139 grams, 59 cm
From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s. -
Post Medieval Silver Clasped Hands Holding Heart Ring
17th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Claddagh ring with D-section hoop and the bezel formed as a heart held by two hands, topped by a crown. 1.96 grams, 22.10 mm overall, 19.19 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
