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LOT 1854
Post Medieval Silver-Gilt Amphora Fitting
CIRCA 17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (7.29 grams, 36 mm).
In the form of a fluted vase with scrolling pattern to the bottom, sides and top; two attachment pins to the back. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a home counties collection formed 1970-1980.
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Watercolour Painting Group
India, 19th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Three bifacial manuscript pages, each with recto with multiple lines of text, verso with watercolour scene with panel of text above and below, including children being instructed in martial arts in a courtyard, riders playing Chovgan, and a warrior wearing a lion skin attacking a demon in a cave, whilst his horse looks on from above. 5 grams, 14.8 x 10.3 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Post Medieval Silver and Gold Thimble Group
Circa 18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
The trio comprising: a gold thimble with everted rim and dimples; a silver thimble with dimpled upper body, plain lower body and concentric bands to the rim, worn stamped mark; silver thimble with dimpled upper body and floral ornament to the lower body, hallmarked for London 1894. 15 grams total, 16-23 mm
Property of a Berkshire, UK, gentleman. -
Stone Weight Collection
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Composed of spherical, coin-shaped and tubular weights, together with examples of hexagonal and octagonal cross-section; carved using a veined stone. 76 grams total, 26-42 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s. From a North London collection.