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LOT 2091
Post Medieval Inscribed Bronze Signet Ring with Key and Initials
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.09 grams, 22.28 mm overall, 18.92 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)).
Hoop expanding to facetted shoulders and an octagonal bezel, engraved with a key featuring a cross on its bow, flanked by initials 'Π-H'; hoop split. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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LOT 2091
Post Medieval Inscribed Bronze Signet Ring with Key and Initials
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Maritime Brass Locking Night Watchman Timepiece
Early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A Burk's Fabrikat Amerikaner circular drum-shaped timepiece with the paper recording disc present internally, with stamp inset with key post, spring fingers and detector spring; without keys. 855 grams total, 11.5 cm wide
Acquired Stacey's Auctions, Rayleigh, Essex, UK. Property of a Essex gentleman.
Each waypoint of the night watchman's round had a key hung there with a different number; as the watchman reached that location on the ship he would insert the key and turn it and that would make a time and location stamp on the paper disk showing exactly what time he had checked that site. The clock cases were locked so the instrument could not be tampered with while in use. -
Framed Watercolour Painting by Nezami
Persia, 18th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
Showing two figures seated facing in a landscape, beneath a tree, the older male figure reading from a book to the younger, possibly his son, gilt embellishments to their rich clothing and books, signed Nezami bottom left under the seated man; set in a reveal within a glazed wooden frame. 503 grams, 31 x 23.5 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
