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LOT 1790
Post Medieval Bronze and Other Artefact Group
MAINLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
1/4 - 7 in. (794 grams total, 0.8-17.7 cm).
Including: a silver-gilt cigarette case hallmarked Birmingham 1822, hollow-formed figure of Venus, lead spindle whorl, toy animal, and other items. [26, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a Gloucestershire, UK, collector.
From the collection of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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Amethyst Bead Group
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £59
Mixed group of graduated biconical and other amethyst beads. 39 grams total, 6-11 mm
From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s. -
Stone Weight Collection
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £13
Composed of spherical, coin-shaped and tubular weights, together with examples of hexagonal and octagonal cross-section; carved using a veined stone. 76 grams total, 26-42 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s. From a North London collection. -
Post Medieval Bronze Arch-Fellowship of Saint Stephen Pendant
20th century A/D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Vesica-shaped with openwork centre formed as a chi-rho Christogram; border with legend to obverse 'Archisodalitas Sancti Stephani' and reverse 'Regnare est cui servire' ('Arch-Fellowship of St. Stephen' and 'to rule is to serve'). 21.7 grams, 62 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Hazlewood Castle, North Yorkshire, UK. Accompanied by an original letter identifying the find from West Yorkshire Archive Service dated 18 October 1989.
The Guild of St. Stephen was a fellowship of altar servers founded in 1904 by Father Hamilton McDonald.