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LOT 2036
Mixed Artefact Group
20TH CENTURY A.D. AND EARLIER
4 - 4 1/4 in. (1.87 kg total, 10-10.9 cm).
Including ceramic figures, bronze tool, perspex mounts, ceramic tile and other items [82, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Greek Style Terracotta Oinochoe
20th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
With tiered foot, ovoid body, tapering neck and scooped trefoil mouth; tall strap handle to the rear with median gusset; painted palmette below the handle and combat scene with two hoplites and an attacking lion; after the antique. 1.36 kg, 41 cm
From a Paris collection, France. Ex French gallery, 1970-1990. -
Glass Vessel Group
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising a piriform bottle with fluting and applied trail to the shoulder; group of four miniature flasks with dimple base and flared rim. 212 grams total, 4-18.3 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. -
Elizabethan Period Ceramic Fire Brick Group
Circa 16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising four bricks with raised designs: scrolling vegetation; two monograms, one a merchant's mark, in roundels divided by an object with tiered base and billeted border; male and female facing busts within dot-dash border; worn crowned shield issuing flowering vegetation. 6.4 kg total, 13-14 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
These glazed stove or floor tiles are similar to the ones of the great hall and the Tudor kitchens at Hampton Court Palace, made of ceramic, with a glaze to make it hard-wearing and washable. Not just the furnishings, but the palaces themselves were multi-coloured, with brick walls painted red, and exposed timbers in yellow, red, green and white
