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LOT 1850
Post Medieval 'Thames' Bronze Watch Key Group
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 7 3/4 in. (30.1 grams total, 2-19.5 cm).
Comprising examples from a range of time periods, including examples accompanied by chains, with raised decorative motifs and facetted 'jewels'. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Thames foreshore spoil, 1980s.
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Jacobean and Cromwellian Period Glazed Ceramic Miniature Fire Guards
Dated 1605 and 1654 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Each with bell-shaped socket and strap handle; one with white applied decoration including the sun with mask and two flowers with a date of 1605; the other a fragment with reconstituted elements, orange in colour with yellow slashes, star, rosette and partial date '[..]54' for 1654; one restored. 443 grams total, 15-17 cm
Fine condition, one restored.
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex property of a Suffolk collector.
1605 was the year of the 'Gunpowder Plot', a plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament which was foiled when, following an anonymous tip-off, Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, found Catholic plotter Guy Fawkes in a cellar below the Parliament building and ordered a search of the area, finding thirty six barrels of gunpowder. Fawkes was arrested for trying to kill King James I and the members who were scheduled to sit together in Parliament the next day. Fawkes spoke the legendary words: 'Remember, remember, the Fifth of November'. In 1654 Oliver Cromwell created a union between England and Scotland, with Scottish representation in the Parliament of England. -
Post Medieval Gold Ring with Carnelian Cabochon
Circa 16th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £240
The hoop carinated, kidney-shaped cabochon held in a claw setting with engraved scalloped border. 8.65 grams, 27.52 mm overall, 16.86 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Post Medieval Pewter Spoon Group
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Each with a discoid bowl and facetted stem and stamped on either the bowl or stem with a maker's mark (four different examples). 469 grams total, 16.5-18.5 cm
From the collection of J.V.B., Holland, 1990s.
