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LOT 2034
Post Medieval 'Love and Live Happily' Gold Posy Ring
18TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.17 grams, 19.85 mm overall, 17.49 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
Inscribed to the inner face in an italic hand 'Love and [l]ive happily'.
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2034
Post Medieval 'Love and Live Happily' Gold Posy Ring
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Tudor Period Ring with DE and Cross
Circa 16th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Substantial ring with fluted shoulders, a rectangular bezel with a central cross flanked by letters D and E. 11.03 grams, 26.65 mm overall, 20.86 x 22.20 mm internal diameter (approximate size British W, USA 11, Europe 25, Japan 24)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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Large Framed Book Plate with Egyptian Amulets
19th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large-format engraved plate illustrating amulets of various types (figures of Bes and Pataikos, multiple wedjat, Taweret with dorsal pillar, etc.), from the book series La Description de l'Egypte published after the French army's Egyptian campaign (1798-1801), Book A, Volume V, plate 88; mounted in a modern glazed frame. 3 kg total, 70.6 x 53 cm including frame
Ex private collection, London, UK.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. -
Post Medieval Bronze Fire Strikers
17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £110
Both with two large arched loops for fingers; one with a triangular, the other with a rectangular striking peen; profile formed as a ship with pointed stern and the bow ending in a volute, engraved wave pattern along the hull; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 190 grams total, 18.5 cm wide including stand
German art market, before 2008. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00014409.
These fire strikers represent one of the typical shapes during the 17th and 18th centuries. They were shaped with two bows and were often decorated with a series of ornamental strokes on the side.
