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LOT 2158
Post Medieval Silver Bacchus Fitting with Swans
19TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (58 grams, 81 mm).
A large domed openwork mount showing the head of Bacchus in high-relief, his hair arranged in regular tufts and adorned with flowers, two stylised swans flanking the hair. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1970s-1990s.
Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Ex Corby Castle, Cumbria, UK, Philips sale, no.251. Property of an East Anglian gentleman collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Corby Castle is a Grade I listed building and ancestral home of a cadet branch of the prominent Howard family situated on the southern edge of the village of Great Corby in northern Cumbria, England.
