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LOT 1787
Post Medieval 'Thames' Iron Scissors and Shears Group
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 - 5 1/8 in. (45 grams total, 11.2-13 cm).
The scissors articulate with decorative moulding and columns of pricked dots on both sides of the lower body; shears with tapering blades with chamfered lower edges. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
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LOT 1787
Post Medieval 'Thames' Iron Scissors and Shears Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Military Badge and Other Artefact Group
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Mainly comprising various types of military badges, together with buttons, tags, and fittings, most decorated and/or bearing lettering. 158 grams total, 20-59 mm
Found Berkshire, UK. -
Framed Watercolour Painting
India, 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Showing two women sitting against a cushion, the figure on the left with her arm around the figure on the right, offering her a drink from a small cup, a third woman bending over a table set with ewers and cups, three men in the foreground, two of them playing musical instruments; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 1.1 kg, 39.5 x 30.5 cm
Very fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Post Medieval Trench Art Ring
Dated 1918 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Composed of a flat-section hoop with expanded bezel, shallow inscribed volute hearts and geometric motifs to the shoulders, '1918' to centre. 2.41 grams, 20.80 mm overall, 19.21 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
