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LOT 2020
Pewter Spoon Collection
CIRCA 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/2 in. (839 grams total, 16.5 cm).
Each with a shallow circular bowl and sturdy stem, six with a stamped X-motif within pelletted border to the bowl, and two with three stamped rosettes above letters(?). [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the Netherlands in the 1990s.
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Large Post-Classical Agate Gemstone Depicting a Double Portrait of Hellenistic Rulers
19th century A.D. or earlierEstimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Intaglio jugate busts of a bearded male with browband in the foreground and female bust to the rear with diadem; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 7.37 grams, 31 mm
with Hotel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo, 2022. Private collection, England.
The image portrays human rulers as Zeus and Hera/Jupiter and Juno. -
Very Large Glazed Bellarmine Witch's Bottle with Contents
Late 16th-early 17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,750
Vessel of squat spherical form with a broad cylindrical neck, strap handle and foot with rolled rim, bearded face (Bartmann 'mask') and other detailing; with original contents comprising: eight iron clout nails with square-section shank and domed head; three similar with flat head; base metal dress pin with hollow-formed spherical head; similar with biconvex head; fragment of coarse-woven textile with five pins in situ; thirteen unassociated pins. 1.7 kg total, bottle: 26.5 cm
From the private collection of a London, UK, gentleman.
Witch bottles were a response to the common belief in witchcraft, which was feared in the Puritan culture of those times. The process involved heating the victim’s urine in a bottle, mixed with human hair and metal nails and pins, sometimes inserted into a cloth panel representing the victim's heart. The bottle was then either buried under the hearth of a house (East Anglian tradition) or thrown into a river (London tradition). The heating of the bottle was supposed to transfer to the body of the witch who had caused the victim to be afflicted. -
Silver-Coloured Metal Ring with Bead Gem
Late 20th-21st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With broad hoop, applied scroll to each shoulder, filigree collar to the cell, inset ellipsoid cabochon with wheel-cut fluting. 20.18 grams, 33.67 mm overall, 23.08 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)
Private collection, UK.
