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LOT 1956
Post Medieval Stained Glass Panel Group with Trumpeting Angels
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/8 x 4 1/8 - 5 3/4 x 4 in. (488 grams total, 13.5 x 10.5 - 14.5 x 10 cm).
Comprising four painted amber-coloured glass panels each in a rectangular lead frame; each depicting a winged angel in flight blowing a horn (buisine) with a heraldic banner hanging from the body; heraldic devices comprise an expanding-arm cross, three annulets, cross-in-circle, counter-charged cross. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceDe Baecque Vente aux encheres, 5 March 2022, lot 55(part).
Ex central London gallery.
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LOT 1956
Post Medieval Stained Glass Panel Group with Trumpeting Angels
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Reproduction Cuneiform Barrel and Tablet Group
Early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Made from baked clay, the tablet with pseudo cuneiform to both sides and top; the barrel with pseudo cuneiform to its circumference and top. 670 grams total, 8.6 - 14.1 cm
R. Heldsworth Williams Collection, West Meon, Hampshire, UK. -
Talismanic Agate Pendant
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Composed of a translucent polygonal body of polished agate, the upper face inscribed with talismanic Arabic script, possibly extracts from the Qur'an. 84 grams, 11 cm wide
London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family. -
Elizabethan Gold Heraldic 'Swan Family' Signet Ring
16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £14,300
Very heavy high-carat merchants ring with oval bezel bearing heraldic helmet and shield design with a chevron below two mullets and an eagle's head at the base; the helmet with luxurious looped mantle and crest of a human bust; to the underside, an incuse panel with reserved swan on a textured field probably a device alluding to the family name. 17.61 grams, 23.28 mm overall, 17.93 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
From a 1990s private collection. Property of a European gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11909-207247.
The arms appear to be a variant of those used by Adam de Cretinge in the Dering Roll of the late 13th century.
