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LOT 2044
Post Medieval Bronze Key and Thimble Collection
16TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
7 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. (207 grams total, 19.7 x 9.7 cm including case).
Comprising casket keys and barrel-type keys, tailors' thimbles and other items. [18, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
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Tudor and Later Bronze and Other Artefact Collection
16th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Including a whistle, buckle frames, Singleton's Snuff box, crotal bell and other items. 1.39 kg total, 12-66 mm
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Celtic Style Stone Head
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With incise outline to two lentoid eyes, drilled nostrils, crescent mouth; mounted on a custom-made stand. 4.7 kg total, 18 cm including stand
From 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. -
Reproduction Artefact Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: two ceramic oil lamps with lug handles; a bronze arrowhead; a flint arrowhead; knapped flint axehead mounted in a wooden haft. 896 grams total, 5.2-53.5 cm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
