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LOT 2135
Post Medieval Bronze and Iron Key Collection
16TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
8-1 3/8 - 3 1/4 in. (120 grams total, 33-80 mm).
Including casket type, clock key and other types. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an East Anglia private collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 2135
Post Medieval Bronze and Iron Key Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Stuart Period Gold Memento Mori Ring with Jewelled Skulls and Crossed Bones
17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £12,350
Comprising a hefty hoop with scooped upper face, alternating applied skulls and crossed bones on the upper face decorated with white enamel, the eyes, noses and mouths of the skulls set with diamonds(?). 10.99 grams, 27.06 mm overall, 15.95 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)
Private collection of a North London lady before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12771-237884. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The memento mori jewellery of the 16th and 17th centuries served as wearable ‘reminders of mortality’. Typical motifs within this genre included skulls, skeletons, crossbones, hourglasses, coffins, the gravedigger’s pick and shovel, and various other emblems of death and decay. -
Chalcedony Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Composed of small spherical beads; restrung. 11.3 grams, 46 cm
From the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Western Asiatic Style Rock Crystal Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Designer necklace composed of double-drilled graduated cat-shaped beads interspersed with facetted ellipsoid beads; restrung. 123 grams, 61 cm
From the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
