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LOT 2069
Post Medieval Framed Monarchs Cigarette Cards and 129 Others in Three Folders
20TH CENTURY A.D.
9 7/8 x 7 1/8 - 23 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. (2.38 kg total, 25 x 18 - 59.5 x 49 cm).
Complete set of Players cigarettes cards issued in 1935 'Kings and Queens of England', William I to George V and Mary, in a glazed wooden frame; set of Cavanders 'Camera Studies' hand-tinted photographic cards with poetic citation to the reverse in a clear vinyl display; set of Players 'Miniatures' issued in 1923, studies of famous female portraits, notes to the reverse in a clear vinyl display; set of 'Treasure Trove' Churchman cigarette cards issued in 1937 with notes to the reverse in a clear vinyl display. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
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LOT 2069
Post Medieval Framed Monarchs Cigarette Cards and 129 Others in Three Folders
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Plaque Inscribed with the Verse of Al Hamd
Mid 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Tongue-shaped in plan with tab to the lower edge; incised central panel with six lines of script, border with similar inscription. 146 grams, 10.2 cm
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
Sassanian Style Facetted Crystal Vessel
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £13
Hexagonal in plan with facetted sidewall, round socket to upper face. 230 grams, 62 mm
From a Paris collection, France. Ex French gallery, 1970-1990. -
Chinese Style Funerary Vessel
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
An undated, archaic style funerary vessel with flask-shaped body, pierced lug handles at the shoulders suspending a link chain and beast-head handle, pedestal foot; both faces decorated with a panel displaying figural scenes in raised relief, a dancer at the centre flanked by animals and scrolling tendrils, musicians standing to either side; extensive remains of polychrome pigmentation. 445 grams, 19.5 cm high
Fine condition.
Acquired 1990s. West Country, UK, collection.