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LOT 1462
Post Medieval Love Token and Other Silver Artefact Group
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1/4 - 1 in. (28.7 grams total, 8-25 mm).
A mixed group of silver artefacts comprising; coins bent into 'love tokens'; worn coins; a plain finger ring; two crotal bell fragments; bulbous button fragment; button with geometric floral motif; fragment of a thimble. [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Wiltshire, UK.
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LOT 1462
Post Medieval Love Token and Other Silver Artefact Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £21
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Silver Enamelled Letter Opener with Agate Blade
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
A letter opener comprising a blue enamelled handle with reserved scrolled tendril detailing and white enamelled pellets, waisted baluster, lentoid-section nanded agate blade. 19.5 grams, 15.5 cm
English private collection. -
Post Medieval Silver Salamander Pendant with Frogs
Circa 17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
A silver zoomorphic pendant composed of a salamander with stylised anatomical detailing, a suspension loop with free-running ring to upper edge and three loops below, each suspending a frog pendant. 10.2 grams, 46 mm high
English collection formed in the 1990s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Glass Ring with Inlaid Gold Cross
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £234
A translucent, colourless glass finger ring composed of a D-section hoop, expanding at the shoulders to an oval bezel, displaying an encapsulated gold foil cross with expanding arms. 9.73 grams, 29.44 mm overall, 18.16 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)
Acquired 1969-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
