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LOT 0395
Post Medieval Agate Cameo of a Lady in Gold Pendant
19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (6.40 grams, 36 mm).
Carved in low-relief, a female profile bust wearing a straw hat and mantle.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe.
Acquired on the English art market.
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LOT 0395
Post Medieval Agate Cameo of a Lady in Gold Pendant
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Renaissance Gold Ring with Toadstone
Western Europe, 16th century A.D.Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,000
Featuring a round-section large hoop expanding towards the shoulders, a large circular bezel with a Greek key motif encircling the outer rim and set with a brown 'toadstone'. 13.01 grams, 32.42 mm overall, 23.12 x 19.25 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)
Acquired on the European art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13398-257996.
William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, circa 1599: 'Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.' Toadstones are mythical stones that were thought to be found inside the head of a toad. They were believed to sweat, change colour or even heat up in the presence of poison. It was thought that a toadstone placed on bites from snakes, insects, spiders and shrews would extract poison from the wound. They were thought to bring good luck and ward off evil, whether in the present life or in the afterlife. The Book of Secrets from the 13th century recommends swallowing the stone to 'cleanse the bowels of filth and excrements'. The stone could then be retrieved and used again. They were often set as amulets and talismans, a practice that continued in Europe until the 18th century. Toadstones are actually the button-like fossilised teeth of Lepidotes, an extinct genus of fish common in the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods, 200 to 100 million years ago. -
Original 'Le Coupable' Poster - Les Maitres de l'Affiche, Plate 134 by Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen of Paris
1896 A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Buff-coloured reproduction paper poster with coloured image of a child sitting dejectedly wearing oversized clothes and wooden clogs; titled '5Ces Le Journal 5Ces / publie Le Coupable - Roman inédit de François Coppée'; blind stamp and printer's lateral note 'Imp. Charles Verneau, 14 Rue Oberfampf, Paris (Déposé)' and at bottom left 'Les Maîtres de l'Affich Pl.134 / Imprimerie Chaix / (Encres Lorilleux & Cie.)'. 47 grams, 39.9 x 29 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector. -
Post Medieval Silver Clasped Hands Holding Heart Ring
17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Claddagh ring with D-section hoop and the bezel formed as a heart held by two hands, topped by a crown. 1.96 grams, 22.10 mm overall, 19.19 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
