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LOT 0387
Post Medieval Engraved Silver-Gilt Rock Crystal Set Box
GERMANY, 18TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (65 grams, 59 mm).
Lid set with a large rock crystal cabochon; gilded interior; sides engraved with a continual Renaissance interlace and similar to the base; small French duty mark to the front of the base of the box and to the rim of the lid.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe.
Acquired on the English art market.
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LOT 0387
Post Medieval Engraved Silver-Gilt Rock Crystal Set Box
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£350 (EUR 406; USD 473) +BP*
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Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Icon with St. Nicholas
19th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Travel icon with hinged doors, featuring Saint Nicholas with a book in his left hand and making the gesture of blessing with his right, dressed as a bishop with a sticharion, covered by an omophorion, and surmounted by an epitrachelion embroidered with crosses; the saint flanked by Jesus and Virgin Mary, Christ holding the gospel, Mary holding the bishop’s epitrachelion. 163 grams, 10.2 cm
Ex P. Chapman collection, 1980s-1990s. -
Mixed Elaborate Glass Bead Collection
20th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a colourful mix of cylindrical and spherical beads, including some millefiori examples. 454 grams total, 18-32 mm
From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s. -
Mexican Gold Mount Wooden Cross with Saint Joseph
Mexico, circa 1600 A.D.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
The wooden cross set behind glass panels set within a large gold mount, the cross carved to one side with Saint Joseph holding the Christ child, beneath the Dove of the Holy Spirit, flanked by angels and above the praying Virgin; the other side with the crucified Christ, flanked on three sides by angels and above a Nun Saint. 50.7 grams, 81 mm
Acquired on the European art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13345-257977.
The tradition of carving tiny devotional wooden reliefs for pendants began in the 16th century and continued throughout the 17th and 18th centuries in Mexico. The carvings were often sent to Spain, where they were mounted in pendants of silver and gold. Relicarios, The Forgotten Jewels of Latin America, by Martha J. Egan: ‘When ivory became difficult to obtain in Europe during the Middle Ages, following the Ottoman conquest of North Africa, European sculptors of miniature works, notably in the Netherlands and northern Europe, found boxwood to be a serviceable substitute. While only items of limited size can be carved in this hard, fine-grained wood, it can be highly polished, its light color is attractive, its density renders it unlikely to split or chip, and when finished, the carved material can resemble ivory.'
