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LOT 1991
Post Medieval Musket and Pistol Ball Collection
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
8 x 4 3/8 in. (2.1 kg total, 20.2 x 11 cm including box).
Mainly in the size range of 11-18mm, some with casting nipple and flash. [100, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
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Drawing of Flowers for 'Marie'
France, 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Line drawing on paper, graphite shading; applied rectangular cartouche with six rectangular red-inked blocks, ornate yellow capitals spelling the name 'marie' each with a hatched field and floral detailing; unsigned. 16 grams, 34.4 x 24.4 cm
Private collection, USA, formed in the 1980s. -
Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Restrung using mainly tabular beads interspersed with small oblate glass beads, a large spherical bead to each finial. 46 grams, 38.5 cm
Ex London art market. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Georgian Silver 'Vive Memor Leti' Memento Mori Ring
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
With stepped lozengiform bezel, central gilt plaque with skeleton and star, guilloche to the shoulder; inscribed in florid italic hand to the inner face of the hoop 'Vive Memor Leti' (be mindful of death in life). 4.14 grams, 22.92 mm overall, 18.42 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s.
The Latin phrase is taken from the work of the 1st century AD poet Aulus Persius Flaccus, Satires V 151-3: vive memor leti ! fugit hora; hoc quod loquor inde est (Live mindful of death. Time is fleeting [and] every word I speak is [borrowed] from it.).
