Post Medieval Iron Thames Barge Tender Finial

Restrung; composed of blue glass beads, interspersed with umber-coloured glass spacer beads. 108 grams total, 60-71 cm



UK gallery, early 2000s.

Very heavy high-carat merchants ring with oval bezel bearing heraldic helmet and shield design with a chevron below two mullets and an eagle's head at the base; the helmet with luxurious looped mantle and crest of a human bust; to the underside, an incuse panel with reserved swan on a textured field probably a device alluding to the family name. 17.61 grams, 23.28 mm overall, 17.93 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)



From a 1990s private collection. Property of a European gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11909-207247.

The arms appear to be a variant of those used by Adam de Cretinge in the Dering Roll of the late 13th century.

Of a man in a landscape filled with flowers and trees, striding triumphantly on his return from a hunt, carrying an ibex over one shoulder and a gun over the other, rolling clouds and birds in flight in the sky above, signed by Amamy to top right; mounted in a glazed wooden frame. 265 grams, 22 x 16.5 cm

Very fine condition.

Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.