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LOT 2432
Post Medieval Bronze and Glass Fob Seal Matrix Collection
CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 1/4 in. (21 grams total, 17-32 mm).
Comprising: two with openwork cage handle and one with inset seal in a cell; one motif a two-headed spread eagle, one a crown with cross of thorns, the third copperplate script initials 'JW', each supplied with an impression. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
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LOT 2432
Post Medieval Bronze and Glass Fob Seal Matrix Collection
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Post Medieval Mixed Artefact Collection
Circa 19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including a carved wooden figure with twin horns, a small sickle, a curved pin and other items. 19.6 - 4.3 cm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Shipwreck African Slave Trade Manilla Currency Bracelet from the Schooner Duoro
Sunk 1843 A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Penannular bracelet with trumpet-shaped flaring terminals. 71 grams, 59 mm
From the shipwrecked English Schooner 'Duoro', sunk off the Isles of Scilly in 1843. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. Accompanied by the original box and certificate from The Isles of Scilly Underwater Centre.
The ship wrecked in 1843 on a voyage from Liverpool to Oporto. Manillas were used as currency in the transatlantic trade in enslaved African people, where enslaved people were traded for between 10 and 60 manillas. Manillas are also known as okpogho, ejemma, igbiki and kpugi. They were sometimes worn in African communities as body decoration, such as along the coast between modern-day Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire. Europeans later produced manillas to trade for enslaved African people, and they became a form of currency. This currency was used in parts of West Africa until it was demonetised in 1948. -
Post Medieval Pipe Clay Mouse and Bust
18th-19th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a mouse standing on its hind legs with a prominent snout; a man wearing a low-crowned hat and sporting curly hair. 12.8 grams total, 29 mm each
From the collection of archaeologist Frederick William Robins.
