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LOT 2007
Post Medieval Iron Bill Hook and Tool Collection
13TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
8 - 14 3/4 in. (1.32 kg total, 20.5-37.5 cm).
Comprising four sickles and one pruning knife with crescent blade and the whittle tang handle terminating in a hook, two with reconstructed modern handle; one sickle with cutler's mark EE. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
FootnotesAmong our specimens a particular importance is given to the 13th century A.D. sickle with a maker's marks evident on the blade. Like many knives, sickles sometimes carry a cutler's mark. Sickles were produced in various sizes depending on the type of work they were to be used for. The large examples would have been used for clearing weeds or harvesting hay or crops. The small sickles would have been used for cutting herbs or similar.
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Post Medieval Glazed Ceramic Tile Group
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising two designs in relief including three horses in an enclosure and two animals, likely cats, fighting; coloured glazes. 1.3 kg total, 10 x 9 - 10.5 x 9.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
The tile production increases in the second half of the sixteenth century and during the following centuries. The fragments discovered from various localities (pot-tiles, rectangular, triangular and trapezoidal panels, open-work crest tiles) were all produced in regional workshops, from the end of the 15th century or at the beginning of the 16th century. They all had diverse decorative motifs, mainly animals and geometrical or vegetal combinations, almost all of them singular finds for this study area. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Graduated group of square-section, fusiform and other beads. 33.8 grams, 42 cm
London, UK, art market, 1980-2000s -
Mixed Group of Objects
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Including a seed-pod shaker with painted median band, glass jar, periwinkle shell and various other items. 1.7 kg total, 3.5-26 cm
From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK.
