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LOT 2481
Roman Style Artefact Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 1/2 in. (20.89 grams total, 18-38 mm).
Comprising bronze mount of a kneeling nude woman in a profile holding a jar(?), glass head with short hair formed as dots. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate European collection, 1990s.
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LOT 2481
Roman Style Artefact Group
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Grand Tour Terracotta Oil Lamp
Circa 19th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Small lamp with a nude figure on the discus. 40.12 grams, 82 mm
From an important German collection, 1970s onwards. -
Post Medieval Pipe Clay Mouse and Bust
18th-19th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a mouse standing on its hind legs with a prominent snout; a man wearing a low-crowned hat and sporting curly hair. 12.8 grams total, 29 mm each
From the collection of archaeologist Frederick William Robins. -
Tudor Bronze Skillet Handle with 'Fear God x Thomas Hatch'
1575-1599 A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Roughly rectangular in shape, tapering slightly towards the terminal, part of the wall and rim of the vessel remaining attached to the handle; on the upper side of the handle between two beaded borders an inscription cast in high relief thought to read '[FE]Ar(lis?)GOD+TAMAS.hACh'. 147 grams, 12.7 cm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-4C5F3B.
Thomas Hatch, was a foundry master known to have signed his wares 'TAMAS hACh', and is thought to have been operating between 1575 and 1599 (Butler and Green, 2003,72-73) at Broomfield in Kent. Although no Thomas Hatch's is known to include the phrase 'FEAR GOD', an example is known by Edmund Giles, thought to be Hatch's apprentice (Butler and Green, 2003, 69 and 73).
