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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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Gold Ring with Diamond-Shaped Bezel Engraved with a Star
17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Slender hoop supporting a square bezel with domed underside with incised hatched detailing, hatched band to the rim, reserved motif to the upper face comprising a four-pointed star in reserved frame with scrolls surrounding. 7.20 grams, 22.25 mm overall, 15.94 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)
From an old French collection believed to have been formed in the 1960s. Acquired privately as part of a collection in the early 1990s. Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue information page. -
Mixed Silver-Coloured Metal Ring Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Each with a cabochon insert, or plaque with profile bust, etc. 87 grams total, 26-37 mm
Ex London art market, Mayfair, London, UK, 1990s. -
William III Silver Love Token Group
1694-1702 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Group of three love tokens, each a sixpence coin bent into a double-curved profile; one pierced and with initials to each face. 7.45 grams total, 20 mm each
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The custom of giving a bent coin as a love-token is known from the 17th century in England. The coins were usually smoothed to obliterate the monarch’s head and then bent twice; sometimes they were engraved with initials or symbols such as hearts or knots. If the sweetheart accepted the youth's advances, she kept the token; if not, she disposed of the coin. The tradition is referred to in the children's rhyme "There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile, he found a crooked sixpence on a crooked stile."
