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LOT 0422
Post Medieval Inscribed Salt-Glazed Bellarmine Jug
16TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/8 in. (634 grams, 18 cm high).
Of squat spherical form with a broad cylindrical neck, strap handle and foot with rolled rim, bearded face or Bartmann 'mask', frieze of busts within roundels and acanthus palmettes over and below the medial inscription; neck and rim restored; label to base reading 'Schriftbandkrug Renaissance Frechen 1550'.
ProvenanceEx private UK collection.
Acquired from a provincial auction.
See Bartmannkrug examples in Klinge, E., Duits Steengoed, Amsterdam, 1996; similar jug in Schneider, J.W., Oet d'oole Deuze, in Jaarboek Twente, 1967; cf. The British Museum, museum numbers 1890,1222.5 and 1893,0205.71, for similar jug and inscription.
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LOT 0422
Post Medieval Inscribed Salt-Glazed Bellarmine Jug
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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Post Medieval Iron Folding Knife Group
16th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising blades and handles of various types and dates, including examples with decorative elements. 740 grams total, 9-18.4 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Post Medieval Bronze Statue of an Etruscan Warrior
20th century A.D.Estimate: £2,600 - 3,600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,444
Hollow-formed copy of the Mars of Todi, a figure of an Etruscan warrior wearing segmented armour to the chest and shoulders, crested helmet, short tunic; the hands in animated pose with left hand open to accept a weapon; holes beneath feet for mounting. 7.6 kg, 61.5 cm high
French collection, 1960s-early 2000s. From an important Paris gallery, France. with Galerie Athena, Brussels, 9 May 2019, lot 393. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11691-199344.
The "Mars of Todi" figure is a large, almost life-sized bronze statue of a warrior in armour. It dates from the late 5th - early 4th century B.C., and is believed to have been produced by an Etruscan workman for an Umbrian patron. The figure was probably a votive offering for a religious sanctuary, perhaps sacred to Laran, the Etruscan god of war. It had been buried ritually and left undisturbed until its modern discovery in 1835. It lacks a helmet, and the hands are empty; possibly a patera plate was originally in the open right hand, and a spear gripped in the clenched left hand. The sculptor of the figure followed the Greek contrapposto posture accentuating the carefully modelled lamellar plate armour. The statue bears a short inscription in Umbrian "Ahal Trutitis dunum dede" (Ahal Trutitis gave this gift). -
Georgian Gilt Bronze Cartwheel Twopence Patch Box
Dated 1797 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Obv: profile bust right with GEORGIUS III D G REX incuse legend; Rev: Britannia seated left with BRITANNIA 1797 incuse legend; converted into a patch box with obverse gilded. 56.39 grams, 41 mm
Acquired in 2010. From the collection of a North American gentleman.
