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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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Renaissance Stained Glass Panel of a Bishop Saint Reading From the Bible
Northern France, circa 1520-1540 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Tongue-shaped panel with polychrome figure of a bishop standing wearing a mitre, alb and chasuble, holding a processional cross in one hand and a large book in the other, head tilted forward and eyes lowered in the act of reading; lead cames with loop to the apex; cracked and repaired. 222 grams, 20 cm
De Baecque Vente aux enchere, 8 June 2023, no.511 (part). Ex central London gallery. -
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Framed Watercolour Painting of a Nobleman's Residence
Persia, 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
With two servants bringing lidded chafing dishes of food to the crouching male wearing a helmet and cuirass with a shield at his feet; below, an attendant in helmet and riding coat holds the reins of the horse; panels of nastaliq text above and below; mounted in a glazed wooden frame. 1.16 kg, 47.5 x 32.3 cm
Very fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Charles I City of London Lead Seal
1625-1631 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Two-part, four-lobed seal with strap and tag above; obverse with heater shield bearing the arms of the City of London with legend to beaded border 'DE * LO[.]DI ONO' (from London); reverse with angel holding an orb with legend 'GLORIA * IN * EXCELSIS' (glory in the highest); accompanied by a letter from the British Museum, with attachments. 37.5 grams, 57 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968. Accompanied by the original Museum of London letter by Geoff Egan dated 3rd January 1979.
The item was identified by Geoff Egan (then on secondment from the Museum of London to the British Museum) in 1979 as a four-lobed cloth seal, of a type which had recently been found from a shipwreck off the coast of Norway. The likelihood is that the seal was issued by or in connection with Blackwell Hall, which had a near-monopoly on the cloth trade in 17th c. London. The significance of the angel motif and the motto were not known to Egan, and are still debated.
