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LOT 1848
Post Medieval Glazed Ceramic Cow in Landscape Tile Set
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/4 x 4 3/4 - 5 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (1.35 kg total, 13.4 x 12.2 - 13.4 x 13 cm).
Glazed in blue and white with some repairs. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
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Ethiopian Manuscript Page with The Miracle of the Lame Man
17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Rectangular vellum leaf with hand-coloured composite scene: top left, Mary in blue mantle holding infant Jesus on her knee, addressing a standing robed figure, red Coptic text above 'How the man with a club foot prayed to Our Lady Mary that she might heal him when he saw the bishop's chastisement'; below left, six standing male figures in colourful robes looking left and a seventh turned to the right with an oversized shoe, red Coptic text above the group 'these are the congregation and this is how he hid his foot with his clothing' and the rightmost figure 'this also is the man with the club foot'; right, seated cleric wearing a mitre beneath a canopy, addressing a group of five followers and pointing to a standing man raising his robe to show his leg, red Coptic text in three panels 'Here is the bishop who asked the Frank that his foot might be healed', 'These are the congregation' and 'How he was healed and how the stone fell from his foot'; mounted in a glazed wooden frame with reveal. 1.88 kg total, 47.2 x 44 cm
Collection of David Buxton (1913-2003), author of 'Travels in Ethiopia', 1949.
The image refers to the 'Miracle of the Lame Man' in which a man, who had been born lame, prayed before the shrine of the Virgin Mary and was healed. Here, the lame man shows the Archbishop his leg, and explains how he had been healed. -
Willis Woodbines Advertisment in Original Frame with Cigarettes
1920s A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Original printed image of a seated female with one leg crossed over the other, smoking a cigarette; ivory-coloured reveal with 'Will's "Wild Woodbine" / Cigarettes 5 for wd. 10 for 4 d.; in glazed wooden frame; offered with original pack of five cigarettes. 2.25 kg total, 44 x 56.5 cm, cigarettes: 68 x 39 mm
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Commonwealth Vellum Document
Dated 1654 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Relating to an agreement concerning a messuage, a cottage and other appurtenances. 11 grams, 40 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
The Commonwealth and Protectorate Records consist of the documents left by the English authorities in Ireland, who governed the country from 1649 until 1660, when the regime was removed following the restoration of Charles II to the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland. The Commonwealth Records originally comprised a discrete collection of approximately 56 bound volumes in the Four Courts, containing 22,500 pages of handwritten records.