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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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'Thames' Post Medieval Copper Ring Group
Circa 16th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising round-section hoop with three coiled wires, twisted wires forming a ring; accompanied with a handwritten note reading '2 rings from Thames, larger 17th century, smaller 16th century'. 1.24 grams total, 20-28 mm
Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK. From the collection of a gentleman born in the late 19th century, formed 1940s-1970s. From an old Staffordshire family collection; thence by descent. Accompanied by an old identification ticket. -
Western Asiatic Style Glazed Terracotta Bowl
20th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Conical in profile with two opposed winged insects. 590 grams, 23.5 cm wide
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Post Byzantine Adoration of the Magi Shell Plaque
17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Octagonal in plan with carved scene of the Adoration of the Magi with star above; stepped border, pierced for attachment. 30.2 grams, 68 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
The flat relief and the stylistic refinement of the images place the execution of the plaque towards the end of the 17th century, with some artistic parallels with the Romanian silversmiths of Chiprovatzi.
