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LOT 1424
Post Medieval Lock and Key Collection
17TH-19TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
1 - 2 in. (55.7 grams total, 26-50 mm).
A mixed group of locks and keys comprising: four locking keys with oval bows and plain rectangular bits; a barrel tap key with oval bow and triangular-section bit; a winding key with swivel arm and quatrefoil bow; winding key with heart-shaped plate on a swivel loop; winding key with openwork bow; a miniature padlock. [9, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK, before 2001.
Private collection of Mr M.H., Norfolk, UK
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Post Medieval Ecclesiastical Pendant
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A bronze bifacial disc pendant comprising: obverse: tonsured and nimbate head and upper body with hands raised in prayer towards a Corpus Christi, legend 'CAR. BOV'; reverse: nimbate head and upper body of a robed and bearded cleric with cross moline, legend '·S·IO·GVALB ·INS·OR·VA·VNBRO·'; pierced suspension lug. 2.31 grams, 26 mm high
Found Rodings, Essex, UK. Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection, Essex, UK. -
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Georgian Silver Memento Mori Ring with Skull and Snakes
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A silver memento mori ring with D-section hoop expanding at the shoulders to a facetted bezel, openwork flower bud to each shoulder, incised hatched triangles to the scooped facets above, 'MORS' inscribed to the upper panel, 'SOIFI' to the lower; pale gold insert to central cell engraved with a skull amid entwined snakes. 10.11 grams, 26.62 mm overall, 18.12 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)
Fine condition. Resized.
Acquired since before 1970. Ex private collection of a West Sussex, UK, collector. -
Post Medieval Water Basin with Figures
19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
A copper-alloy water basin held on the shoulders of two muscular nude male figures traversing a wooded landscape, animal skin shawls draped around their necks and shoulders; the basin carinated with a frieze of stylised floral roundels to the shoulder. 15.2 kg total, 39 cm high
English private collection.
