Loading, please wait...
Details
LOT 1868
Post Medieval Bronze Mount and Watch Key
CIRCA 19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 2 in. (28.2 grams total, 30-51 mm).
Discoid mount with domed rosette to the centre; watch key with mandrel, inset carnelian disc. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
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.
VETTING:
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
RELATED LOTS
-
Tudor Bronze Hook Fastener Group
16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Group of hooked garment fasteners, mostly with openwork looped body. 31.4 grams total, 27-39 mm
Found near York, UK. -
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: winged putto facing with arms extended; facing anguiped with scrolled tendrils around; facing putto with arms extended feeding a hatched gobbet to a swan being ridden by a second facing putto; all carved in the half-round with undercuts and heavy deailing; mounting rings and wire to the reverse. 932 grams, 48 cm
Private collection, London, UK. -
Tudor Bronze Corpus Christi
Circa 16th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Modelled with oversized pierced hands, head tilted, textured loincloth; mounted on a custom-made stand. 103 grams total, 13 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.
