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LOT 1855
Post Medieval 'Thames' Bronze Artefact Collection
CIRCA 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 - 5 in. (60.6 grams total, 4.3-12.5 cm).
Comprising: a decorative lock escutcheon, bodkin; seal ring bearing pricked dot design to bezel and pipe tamper to the hoop; ring with screw-fitted pipe tamper. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
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Renaissance Gold Ring with a High-Quality Facetted Diamond
16th century A.D.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Composed of a slender hoop with ornamental shoulders, scallops and pellets to the oblong box bezel, set with a cut and polished diamond; traces of black enamel remaining to the lower half and base of the bezel; the diamond believed to be: VS 1, colour H. 2.44 grams, 22.59 mm overall, 15.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)
From an early 20th century family collection. Acquired by a London gentleman in the 1930s, thence by descent. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, lady. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11910-206607. -
Tibetan Style Glass Eye Bead Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising a group of six large tubular beads imitating traditional 'etched' agate Zi beads; each longitudinally pierced for stringing. 135 grams total, 53-70 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Post Medieval Silver Spoon Group
Circa 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Two silver spoons; one assayed for London, 1809 with elaborate initials to finial; one without assay but probably London 1824, engraved with the head of a bird holding a flag in its beak; plus one Victorian EPNS with initial W to finial. 57 grams total, 13-14.5 cm
Found Berkshire, UK.
