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LOT 2402
Post Medieval Silver Ring with Rectangular Bezel
CIRCA 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (0.70 grams, 19.84 mm overall, 17.25 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)).
D-section hoop with flat rectangular bezel, three columns of four applied pellets each. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman born in the late 19th century, formed 1940s-1970s.
From an old Staffordshire family collection; thence by descent.
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LOT 2402
Post Medieval Silver Ring with Rectangular Bezel
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Western Asiatic Style Glazed Terracotta Bowl
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Opening Bid: £5
Squat in profile with broad base, splash-glaze ornament. 370 grams, 18.5 cm
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Anglo-Saxon 'King Alfred Jewel' Replica
21st century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Comprising: piriform gilt-framed cell with inset composition cover revealing enamelled facing figure with sceptre in each hand; pelleted rim of the cell in openwork with reserved early West Saxon legend 'AELFED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN' ([King] Alfred ordered me [to be] made); to the apex a stylized beast-head with hollow muzzle to accept an insert; reverse with dense foliage design on a hatched field; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 30.59 grams, 53 mm
Private collection, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a previous information sheet.
A museum-quality copy of the famous æstel, a pointer used in reading. The hollow muzzle would have been provided with an ivory rod with tapering end (bone or wood might have been used, but ivory would be more suited to so prestigious an object). The original has a rock-crystal cover which reveals the cloisonné enamel image beneath. It is understood that these pointers were distributed from Winchester by the royal court alongside a handwritten manuscript of Gregory's Cura Pastoralis in English (West Saxon) translation to important ecclesiastical establishments with the instruction that the pointer should not be separated from the book, nor the book from the church. Alfred was responsible for undertaking the translation of the text, one of the 'books most needful for men to know' as his prologue states.
