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LOT 1836
Mother Goddess Idol Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 - 5 3/8 in. (379 grams total, 9.6-13.7 cm).
Comprising two reproduction versions of the 'Venus of Dolní Věstonice' and a third figure with stub arms. [3, 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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William III Silver Love Token Group
1694-1702 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Group of three love tokens, each a sixpence coin bent into a double-curved profile; one pierced and with initials to each face. 7.45 grams total, 20 mm each
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The custom of giving a bent coin as a love-token is known from the 17th century in England. The coins were usually smoothed to obliterate the monarch’s head and then bent twice; sometimes they were engraved with initials or symbols such as hearts or knots. If the sweetheart accepted the youth's advances, she kept the token; if not, she disposed of the coin. The tradition is referred to in the children's rhyme "There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile, he found a crooked sixpence on a crooked stile." -
Renaissance Stained Glass Lancet-Arch Finial Pair
France, Champagne, Troyes, circa 1500-1510 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
Comprising two large mounted and framed assemblages displaying intertwined vines and bunches of grapes, both with a folded scroll to base inscribed with Gothic script, one reading 'Dominus Noster' (for Our Lord). 14 kg total, 79 x 56 - 79.5 x 57.5 cm
with Christie's, New York, 19 April 2018, no.169 (part). Ex central London gallery. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12090-217450. -
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Post Medieval Glazed Ceramic Cow in Landscape Tile Set
Circa 18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Glazed in blue and white with some repairs. 1.35 kg total, 13.4 x 12.2 - 13.4 x 13 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
