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LOT 1931
Post Medieval Bronze Fighting-Cock Spur
CIRCA 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (11.3 grams, 65 mm).
With balustered tubular body and long spike below, fixing lugs to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Mixed Glass Bead Group
20th century A.D. and earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising mainly mosaic spherical beads with a fusiform bead and fragments. 69 grams total, 10-41 mm
Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Post Medieval Bronze Key Group
Circa 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Including a key-bow with running scroll ornament. 61.4 grams, 35-53 mm
Acquired between the 1960s-early 1990s. From an old UK private collector from Worthing, West Sussex, UK. Property of K.P., a Cornish lady collector, UK. -
Ethiopian Manuscript Page for Miracle of the Virgin Mary
Circa 1680 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Vellum leaf with pricked guidelines for placement of two columns of red-ink and black-ink text in Ge'ez script with red detailing; recto with two columns of text above a polychrome painted miniature showing a nimbate Mary beside a recumbent bearded figure among buildings with a winged angel above; verso with twenty-two lines of text in two columns. 89 grams, 35.5 x 30 cm
Previously in the David Buxton collection (1910-2003), until the late 1990s.
The scene should represent the miracle of the Virgin Mary to Damianus the scribe: Damianus wrote the name of the Virgin Mary with gold and silver instead of with common black ink. The Virgin Mary appeared to Damianus on his death bed and promises to write his name upon a pillar of gold in the Kingdom of Heaven.
