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LOT 1933
Post Medieval 'Thames' Bronze and Silver Thimble Group
16TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 1/8 in. (73 grams total, 18-28 mm).
Including decorative examples; thimbles with open tops; stamped silver examples and a possible child's thimble. [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Thames foreshore spoil, 1980s.
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Tudor Period Bronze Figural Mount
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Post Medieval Glazed Ceramic Tile Group
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Opening Bid: £40
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Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Gilt Wooden Icon of Archangel Gabriel
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Opening Bid: £65
Advancing right against a gilt background, holding a staff, an ornate nimbus composed of arcades and trefoils behind his head; label to reverse for the Serbian Republic, dated 1970. 705 grams, 34.5 cm
Ex French gallery, Paris.
The painting represents a section of the Annunciation. The composition of the subject is well known from the Palaiologan paintings and from Balkan and Russian art since the 14th century A.D. The angel is advancing towards the frightened Virgin, with three fingers of the right hand raised and recalling the Trinity of God. The other hand is holding a staff, symbol of His investiture as Officer of the Heavenly Court and Archangel (Chief of the Angels).
