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LOT 1776
Mixed Pendant Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 - 2 3/4 in. (82 grams total, 51-69 mm).
Mixed group of silver-coloured metal pendants comprising: lion-mask with radiating leaves, domed plaque with repoussé foliage, T-shaped panel with birds in a landscape. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a South West London gentleman.
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Gold Roman Style Medusa Pendant Necklace
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £468
Composed of flat-section figure-of-eight links and discoid pendant with an image of Medusa in relief. 5.46 grams, 46 cm long
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Ring with Blue Bead
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
A silver-coloured metal finger ring with inset blue glass bead to the bezel. 23.89 grams, 34.34 mm overall, 19.46 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
Property of a South West London gentleman. -
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Gold Engraved Touchpiece
17th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £156
Barrel-shaped with two impressed flat faces, one with a later engraving of a guilloche border and looped tendrils framing reserved initials 'PO P[R]' above and lower 'NU [.]M'; possibly a touchpiece or love token. 5.53 grams, 17 mm
Acquired since the 1970s. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of the article 'A Roman or Anglo-Saxon Fertility Amulet?' published in Treasure Hunting Magazine.
The design is reserved and very faint; the outer guilloche is quite convincing but the details of the design are hard to determine, and may always have been quite indistinct. The impression is of a 17th century love token with the initials of the couple. The finder's article implies an Anglo-Saxon date, probably on the strength of the guilloche which was often use on early Saxon metalwork - but it is a long-lived motif and not specific to that one period.
