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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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Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection, Essex, UK. -
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Fine condition.
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Marble Bathing Venus
Neoclassical, 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
A marble interpretation of the famous 'Bathing Venus' (Pudica Venus) statue, modelled naturalistically in the round, nude, hair piled behind her head, holding her garment to her breast, standing on a composite discoid base imitating a stone pavement, with a casket at her feet; after Giambologna's Renaissance original; restored. 21.2 kg, 78 cm high
Old repair to neck.
French collection, 1960s-early 2000s. From an important Paris gallery, France.
The original 'Bathing Venus' statue in bronze has been attributed to Giambologna (Giovanni da Bologna) (1529-1608), and was probably created for King Henry IV of France as a diplomatic gift from Ferdinando I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. This is a neoclassical interpretation of that Renaissance statue.