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LOT 2040
Post Medieval Bronze Military and Other Button Collection
18TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 1/8 in. (246 grams total,15-28 mm).
Including types with heraldic animals, initials, heater shields and others; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series as well as Buttons & Fasteners 500BC-1840AD. [44, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
LiteratureCf. Bailey, G., Detector Finds 3, Witham, 1997, p.18-29.
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LOT 2040
Post Medieval Bronze Military and Other Button Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Framed Bronze Plaque with Religious Scene
Late 19th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
A repoussé plaque presenting a religious scene: Christ seated in majesty surrounded by putti and holding the orb and sceptre above a throng of nimbate apostles, Saint Paul and Saint Peter at the centre; gilt border and wooden frame. 1.4 kg, 40 x 40 cm
Private collection, England. -
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Renaissance Framed Wooden Panel with Horse and Figures
Italian, 17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Depicting a dynamic figural scene comprising a mounted horse-rider together with a second rider mounted on a mythical creature with two heads, the body and hindlegs of a horse and head and forelegs of a lion or other creature, two standing figures bin the foreground; egg-and-dart style frame with acanthus leaves to each corner. 4.2 kg, 54.6 x 38.6 cm
Private collection, England. -
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Framed Watercolour Painting
Persia, 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Depicting a series of lavish tents erected in a green landscape, populated by a prince and men in attendance of a punishment, dark blue arboreal border, Indian workmanship; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 915 grams, 37.5 x 30 cm
Very fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
