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LOT 0426
Post Medieval 'Published' Gold 'In thee my choice I doe reioice' Posy Ring
17TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (8.85 grams, 21.58 mm overall, 18.31 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Barrel-shaped hoop with legend to the inner face in italic script ''In thee my choice I doe rejoice' and maker's mark 'CT'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
PublishedBailey, G., Detector Finds 3, Witham, 1997, p.71,73.
LiteratureSee Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, Oxford, 1931, for discussion.
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LOT 0426
Post Medieval 'Published' Gold 'In thee my choice I doe reioice' Posy Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
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Post Medieval Bronze and Silver Thimble Group
Circa 18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mixed group including domed, milled and other types. 129 grams total, 13-25 mm
Found Hertfordshire, UK. -
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Bronze Astrolabe
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Composed of three circular quadrants, the body surmounted with an openwork panel incised with a floral motif and set with small blue glass cabochons; suspension loop. 1.25 kg, 24 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Stained Glass Panel of the Month of May
Southern Low Countries, circa 1580-1600 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Ellipsoid panel with polychrome landscape scene depicting a fowler in the foreground holding his left arm extended for a perching bird of prey wearing a hood; the fowler in slashed doublet and hose with turned boots standing before an oak tree; in the middle distance, two figures sitting in the grass, the female playing a lute and the male gesticulating, and a third riding with arm raised releasing a hawk; in the distance, wooded hills with a castle; inked title 'Maiŭs' (May); lead came with two suspension loops; cracked and repaired. 266 grams, 23.7 cm
De Baecque Vente aux enchere, 5 March 2022, no.55. Ex central London gallery.
