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LOT 1961
Post Medieval Bronze Livery and Other Button Collection
CIRCA 18TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 1/2 in. (257 grams total, 11-34 mm).
Mixed group of bronze buttons with heraldic and other detailing. [76, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Hertfordshire, UK.
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LOT 1961
Post Medieval Bronze Livery and Other Button Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Ethiopian Diptych Icon of the Virgin and Child with Angels and Saint George
Circa 1500 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Carved rectangular diptych with braided thread hinges; left inner panel a painted scene of the St. George on horseback wielding a spear with Ge'ez script text above; right panel with nimbate Virgin Mary, Infant Jesus and flanking angels. 57 grams, 88 x 80 mm
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Elizabethan Elaborate Carved Wood Panel with Putti and Mythical Beasts
16th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Rectangular section of panel frame with egg-and-dart upper band, main panel with frieze comprising: scrolled frond with squirrel holding a nut in his raised forepaws; wolf in rampant pose climbing on fronds, head turned backwards towards a hound with its forepaws clawing at the wolf's rump, head raised, restrained by a leash gripped by a putto sounding a blasthorn and with a huntsman's pouch slung over his shoulder; domed panel with lobed fronds and round keyhole; addorsed putto with pouch slung across his body; mounting rings and wire to the reverse, recess for mounting a lock mechanism and an old inventory label. 841 grams, 47.5 cm
Private collection, London, UK.
