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LOT 0328
Post Medieval Gold 'Hearts United Lives Contented' Posy Ring
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.32 grams, 22.46 mm overall, 20.12 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)).
A large gold posy ring with D-section hoop, inscribed internally with 'Hearts vnited lives contented' lower case inscription with 'GM' maker's mark punch, possibly for the London goldsmith George Morris, recorded from a dated piece as working 1749-1750. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985.
Albert Ward collection, Essex, UK.
See Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, London, 1931, p.47, for similar examples.
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LOT 0328
Post Medieval Gold 'Hearts United Lives Contented' Posy Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
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Bronze Fragmentary Bull
20th century A.D.Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £375
A dynamically poised bull, naturalistically modelled looking downwards and slightly to the left, with short curls to the top of the head; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 2.4 kg total, 30 cm wide including stand
From an important Paris gallery, France. with Adjug Auctions, Paris, France, 2 February 2020, lot 518. -
Stained Glass Menorah Panel
20th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £120
A rectangular panel of stained glass displaying a menorah within a wreath at its centre; polychrome surrounding shield; the individual glass pieces and the whole with lead cames. 4.3 kg, 55.5 x 61 cm
Fine condition, panes cracked.
Ex London, UK, gallery. Property of a London gentleman. -
Veneto-Cretan Bust of the Virgin from a Deesis
17th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,350
A small icon from a Deesis, tempera on wood, depicting Mary on a gilt background inclining her head to the right, wearing a maphorion embroidered with gold stars, blue veil and a chiton of same colour; the reverse with a painted red cross with Greek lettering 'IC XI N K' for 'Jesus Christ is winner'. 554 grams, 20.2 x 16.5 cm
Gilding minimally worn, the border minimally restored; very fine condition.
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This splendid specimen comes most probably from a large icon, where it was part of a Deesis. The image implies that the original icon represented Christ flanked by the Mother of God and John the Baptist, all three usually represented as a full figure. The Deisis or Deesis (Деисус, Gk. for “supplication”) was the depiction of the Virgin, John the Baptist and possibly many more saints interceding with Christ on behalf of mankind.
