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LOT 1555
Post Medieval Lead Artefact Collection
17TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 2 1/4 in. (382 grams total, 15-58 mm).
Comprising decorative mounts, a weight and two musket balls. [9, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Somerset, UK.
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Antique Gold Ring with Australian Opals
London, 1894 A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
With five graduated white opal cabochons each with shimmering green, blue, yellow and orange coloration believed to be of Australian origin; hallmarked for London, 'T' in shield (1894), 18 carat gold. 5.54 grams, 23.81 mm overall, 17.56 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Tudor Period and Later Iron Padlock Collection
Circa 16th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising a variety of types of padlocks, most retaining their arm and ceased in the locked position. 390 grams total, 45-80 mm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Large Framed Gilt Icon Painting with Vision of Saint John on Patmos
Early 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
From the Book of Revelation or Apocalypse; the central image of seated Christ on a blue cloud with gold circlets supported by cherubs, an arch of cherubs represented as fire-creatures above him; surrounded by angels holding the models of the seven churches of Asia, from left to right: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamon, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea, with their names written next to the models and a candlestick before; resting figure of Saint John below, dressed in red himation and green pallium, a monk dressed in long white sticharion and epitrachelion beside him; panel with text from the Book of Revelation above him; mounted in a modern gilt frame with an old label for 'Henry J Murcott' to the reverse. 5.6 kg total, 90.5 x 74.5 cm
Acquired in the 1990s or before. From a deceased London, UK, estate. Accompanied by an academic report Dr Raffaele D’Amato.