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LOT 1964
Post Medieval 'I LIVE IN LOVE' Bronze Posy Ring
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.31 grams, 22.68 mm overall, 20.09 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).
Flat-section plain hoop with an engraved inscription 'I LIVE IN LOVE' on the inner face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Graham Slater (1927-2024), Cambridge, UK; formed 1980s-1990s.
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LOT 1964
Post Medieval 'I LIVE IN LOVE' Bronze Posy Ring
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Rock Crystal Cat Amulet Set
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Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising thirteen cat amulets modelled in seated and reclining positions, each pierced for suspension. 80.4 grams total, 20-27 mm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
Large Framed Book Plate with Egyptian Amulets
19th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large-format engraved plate illustrating amulets of various types (figures of Bes and Pataikos, multiple wedjat, Taweret with dorsal pillar, etc.), from the book series La Description de l'Egypte published after the French army's Egyptian campaign (1798-1801), Book A, Volume V, plate 88; mounted in a modern glazed frame. 3 kg total, 70.6 x 53 cm including frame
Ex private collection, London, UK.
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Elizabethan Period Enamelled Gold Ship Pendant
16th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Crescentic bifacial pendant with winged putti on each side with traces of original polychrome enamel on the wings, five loops on the underside and a decorated suspension loop above. 2.78 grams, 27 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection, 1990s.