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LOT 1801
Post Medieval 'Thames' Stone and Ceramic Marble Collection
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 3/8 in. (693 grams total, 13-35 mm).
Mixed group including white, grey, ochre and other types in various sizes. [67, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
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LOT 1801
Post Medieval 'Thames' Stone and Ceramic Marble Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Wrought Iron Stove Door
Late 17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Rectangular plate with two wrought-iron hinges attached to tapering straps with punched tendril detailing; sliding fastener at the top with scrolled finial attached by a pivot beneath a transverse panel with radiating star motif, the slider restricted by a bar at the upper edge with raised lip; blacksmith-made. 1.5 kg, 38 cm
Acquired Tennants, UK, 19 January 2018, lot 418. Property of a Kent collector. -
Booth's Gin Advertisement in Original Frame
1920s A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Original printed image of a bottle and filled glass in a pale green reveal with 'By Appointment' and royal arms above, 'Booth's Old Matured Dry Gin' below; in glazed wooden frame. 1.5 kg, 39 x 55 cm
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Ethiopian Manuscript Page with Mary Rescuing the Two Scribes from Devils
17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Leaf from a vellum manuscript with hand-coloured image: Mary, right, nimbate in red floor-length robe and blue mantle holding aloft a soul in yellow kilt, its neck seized by two crouching winged dark-skinned demons; a third demon, left, with protruding tongue seizing the upper body of another soul; foreground: two male figures seated on low stools, each with vellum page in one hand and quill in the other; panels of red Coptic text above the scribes, beside their souls; the right edge damaged, left edge folded and pierced for binding. 40 grams, 29.5 x 26 cm
Collection of David Buxton (1913-2003), author of 'Travels in Ethiopia', 1949.
The image is related to the tale of Virgin Mary and the two brothers who were scribes. In this tale, Mary rescues the souls of the scribes who had committed sins whilst they were engaged in writing a copy of the Book of the Miracles of the Virgin Mary.
