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LOT 1786
Post Medieval Bronze Artefact Group
CIRCA 16TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 4 3/4 in. (80.8 grams total, 2.7-12.2 cm).
Including a large appliqué eagle with wreath, mounting studs to reverse, and other items. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Essex, UK.
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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. -
Wrought Iron Stove Door
Late 17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Rectangular plate with two wrought-iron hinges attached to tapering straps with punched tendril detailing; sliding fastener at the top with scrolled finial attached by a pivot beneath a transverse panel with radiating star motif, the slider restricted by a bar at the upper edge with raised lip; blacksmith-made. 1.5 kg, 38 cm
Acquired Tennants, UK, 19 January 2018, lot 418. Property of a Kent collector. -
Western Asiatic Style Gemstone Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Including ovoid, discoid, tabular and other types with mainly zoomorphic motifs; after the antique. 17.04 grams total, 17-22 mm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. From a gentleman's private collection.
