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LOT 2186
Roman Style Bronze Model Knife
18TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
3 3/8 in. (10.7 grams, 87 mm).
With narrow tongue-shaped iron blade and copper-alloy hilt formed as a hippocamp.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Very Large Oil Painting from Corby Castle of Elizabeth Lady Howard Wife to Lord William Howard, Daughter and Coheiress of William Lord Dacre
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Comprising: a canvas copy of an important ancestral oil painting by Cornelius Jansen dated to 1637 depicting an aged female in facing pose standing within an arch with border of leaves; dark floor-length dress with ruff collar and lace cap; holding a wilted tulip in her left hand, a staff and rosary placed by her right hand; to her right, a sapling and nest with a robin, second robin standing at the base of the arch with legend 'AN.1637 / [.]LTA 73'; above right, gilt caption in capitals 'Elizabeth Lady Howard, wife to Lord William Howard, daughter and coheiress of William, Lord Dacre'; in old wooden frame with stepped reveal; old 'Philips Corby Castle' label to verso. 8.30 kg, 165 x 90.5 cm
Ex Corby Castle, Cumbria, UK, Philips sale, no.251. Property of an East Anglian gentleman collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Large Ethiopian Manuscript Page from the Miracles of Mary
Ethiopia, circa 1650 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Vellum page depicting, recto: scenes of St George, a preacher, a prisoner and others, legends accompanying the images; verso: two columns of Ge'ez script. 18 grams, 29.3 x 27 cm
From the collection of David Buxton (1910-2003), author of 'Travels in Ethiopia', 1949. Ex central London gallery. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stuart Period Bronze Ring with Cross and Bosses
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Flat-section hoop with integral filigree meander, drum-shaped bezel with dentilled rim, raised beaded cross, lateraldiscs. 13.22 grams, 31.00 mm overall, 18.93 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.