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LOT 2304
Short Sword with Bronze and Bone Hilt
20TH CENTURY A.D.
23 1/2 in. (400 grams, 59.5 cm).
Slender single-edged blade with S-curved quillon and guard formed as a bird in flight; bone scale-tang grip with horse-hoof finial. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market before 1990.
Acquired on the UK art market.
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Bedouin Silver-Coloured Metal Ring Group
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Post Medieval Gold 'Death calls man falls, prepare' Decorated Memento Mori Ring
Late 17th-early 18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
D-section hoop with oval cartouche flanked by elongated mouldings with pointed ends; cartouche with a skull, the mouldings on each side decorated with double rows of incised cross hatching; inscription on the internal surface with a maker's mark reading: 'Death calls man falls, prepare L..D.' followed by the maker's mark, a heater shield with indistinct liner design. 1.95 grams, 18.94 mm overall, 16.39 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Lewes, West Sussex, UK, on Wednesday, 9th October 2024. Declared as treasure under the Treasure Act with reference no.2024T1242, subsequently disclaimed and returned to the finder. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUSS-1D0CDB.
See examples with similar style script and moulded skulls flanked with cross-hatched mouldings on the PAS website :SF-223B48 (2021T585) dated to 1697; DEV-200F91 (2019T823) with black niello inlay surviving dating 1676; LON-A96750 (2010T192) also with niello inlay dating 1703/4 and DUR-4FC118 (2015T249) dating 1673. -
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Modelled in the round in a dynamic pose as a crouching figure with goat legs and horns, grotesque head and extended arms, standing on an oval base with a socket below. 69 grams, 72 mm
From the collection of a Hertfordshire, UK, gentleman. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
