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LOT 2431
Post Medieval Silver Cross Pendant with Cross-Crosslets
SPAIN, 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (9.9 grams, 49 mm).
Pendant with four lozengiform arms each pierced by a cruciform void.
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2431
Post Medieval Silver Cross Pendant with Cross-Crosslets
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Renaissance Gold Ring with Foiled Ruby Gemstone
France, 16th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
D-section slender hoop with openwork floral shoulders set with small diamonds, an octagonal bezel with piecrust edge, set with a foil-backed ruby. 6.00 grams, 23.42 mm overall, 16.64 x 17.76 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)
Private collection of a North London lady before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13545-263670.
This ring design appeared during the 16th-17th centuries with varying decorative elements. The foliage and the ‘fleurs-de-lis’ motif can be dated to the 2nd half of the 16th century A.D. -
Post Medieval Limoges Style Champlevé Enamelled Crozier Socket
France, 18th-19th centur y A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Hollow cylindrical socket, engraved and decorated in champlevé enamel with scrolling foliage and pointed leaves reserved in the metal against grounds of deep blue and turquoise. 15.77 grams, 47 mm
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.
The socket formed the lower portion of a pastoral crozier, connecting the crozier head to its wooden staff. The reserved gilt foliage and blue enamel grounds correspond with the decoration of surviving early thirteenth-century Limoges croziers, including the crozier associated with Abbot Bertrand de Malsang in the Louvre, Musée du Louvre, MRR 810. -
Post Medieval Brass Ring Group Including Posy Ring with 'LOVE LOVE' Inscription
Circa 19th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a D-section ring with 'LOVE LOVE' inscription; a round-section ring with a garnet in a collet setting; a wide ring with piecrust edges and a central band with a chain-motif. 4.94 grams total, 17-24 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
