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LOT 2524
Serrated Articulated Iron Leg Shackle
CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/8 in. (223 grams, 18 cm).
Comprising a looped hinge attached to two C-section arms with serrated inner edge and articulated lower panel with loop finial. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
The serrations tighten on the foot when trying to escape.
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LOT 2524
Serrated Articulated Iron Leg Shackle
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Tudor Period Bronze Ring with Ship
16th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Disc bezel with pointillé border enclosing a three-masted sailing ship in profile. 6.33 grams, 22.13 mm overall, 17.98 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Style Rock Crystal Gaming Piece Group
20th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising three matching domed gaming pieces in graduated sizes. 48 grams total, 21-30 mm
Private collection, London, UK. -
Two Georgian Political Caricatures by James Sayers
1788 A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Comprising: 'The Shadow of Opposition' etching, published 31 March 1788 by Thomas Cornell, monogrammed in the plate 'JS f', a satire on the Foxite Opposition, with the motto 'Stat Magni Nominis Umbra' and the verses 'Each Patriots Speech another Speech affords / The C—ns have their Echo in the L—ds'; 'The Managers in Distress, etching, published 11 April 1788 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street, monogrammed in the plate 'JS f' a satire on Burke, Fox and the other managers of the Warren Hastings impeachment, shown falling from a collapsing bridge: 'D—n the Piers they won't support us', punning on the House of Lords 'Peers'; both mounted. 282 grams total, 32.5 x 32 - 35 x 30 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.
Sayers was one of the leading political caricaturists of the 1780s, a supporter of Pitt, and best known for his attacks on Fox and the Hastings prosecution. Both prints were published by Thomas Cornell, Sayers's regular publisher, within a fortnight of each other during the early months of the Hastings trial.
