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LOT 2144
Neoclassical Red Jasper Cameo Pair
20TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (7.29 grams total, 21-22 mm).
Comprising: mature facing male mask with tousled hair and full beard; female bust in three-quarter view with crimped hair, disc brooch to right shoulder. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, England.
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Post Medieval Glazed Ceramic Tile Group
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising two designs in relief including three horses in an enclosure and two animals, likely cats, fighting; coloured glazes. 1.26 kg total, 10 x 9 - 9.5 x 10.2 in.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
The tile production increased in the second half of the sixteenth century and during the following centuries. The fragments discovered from various localities (pot-tiles, rectangular, triangular and trapezoidal panels, open-work crest tiles) were all produced in regional workshops, from the end of the 15th century or at the beginning of the 16th century. They all had diverse decorative motifs, mainly animals and geometrical or vegetal combinations, almost all of them singular finds for this study area. -
Post Medieval Bronze Beer Tap Group
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Group of two beer-keg taps each with a ribbed spile and lateral vents. 605 grams total, 14.7 - 15.4 cm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968. -
Knights of Malta 'Order of St. John' Silver Spoon Group
Dated 1795 and 1796 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
The larger made from a Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Emmanuel de Rohan (1775-1797), Grandmaster, 2 Scudi, dated 1796: F. EMMANUEL DE ROHAN M . M ., armoured bust right, to the reverse crowned oval shield, beaded and spiked, within sprigs, divided date above; the smaller made from a silver Kingdom of Naples 'Ferdinand IV 1 Carlino (10 Grana) dating 1795. 45.08 grams total, 8.6-15.7 cm
Property of a Northamptonshire lady, by descent.
