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LOT 1991
Post Medieval Silver and Bronze Artefact Group
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 2 3/4 in. (48 grams total, 21-71 mm).
Comprising: a sterling silver butterfly brooch; a stamped silver mount; brooch designed with an openwork heart behind bird holding a spray of flowers, pin absent, silver marks to reverse; a button or other clothes fitting featuring a scalloped circumference and nacre disc with whorl design at centre, loop to edge; buckle plate with both arms formed as lions heads. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Hampshire, UK.
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Framed Watercolour Painting Pair by Assad Irani
Persia, early 19th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
Each showing a nobleman standing right, leaning on a sword, concentric borders and gold-coloured stipple-effect, signed by an Iranian artist Assad Irani; both mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 2.45 kg total, each 42 x 32 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Post Medieval Gem Inlaid Shoe Buckle Collection
19th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising: a pair of rectangular buckles with frames inlaid with cut and polished stones; a pair of domed elliptical buckles retaining their bars, inlaid with two rows of cut and polished stones and an engraved central border; a large domed rectangular buckle set with cut and polished stones; an oblong buckle also inlaid with cut and polished stone; articulate prongs and spindles; the stones are likely paste. 97 grams total, 27-54 mm
Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
Shoe buckles such as these were usually transferred from one pair of shoes to another. -
Elizabethan Period Ceramic Fire Brick Group
Circa 16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £140
Each displaying a design in relief: a crowned shield; worn design featuring a central lozenge; two facing figures; two armorials with raised designs flanking an object with a tiered base. 7.1 kg total, 13-14 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
These glazed stove or floor tiles are similar to the ones of the great hall and the Tudor kitchens at Hampton Court Palace, made of ceramic, with a glaze to make it hard-wearing and washable. Not just the furnishings, but the palaces themselves were multi-coloured, with brick walls painted red, and exposed timbers in yellow, red, green and white.
