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LOT 1952
Silver-Coloured Metal Ring with Bead Gem
LATE 20TH-21ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (20.18 grams, 33.67 mm overall, 23.08 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)).
With broad hoop, applied scroll to each shoulder, filigree collar to the cell, inset ellipsoid cabochon with wheel-cut fluting. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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Post Medieval Agate Carved Face of a Bearded Man
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Opening Bid: £50
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Private collection, England. -
Silver-Gilt Tobacco Box with Drunken Man
Netherlands or Germany, 18th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Discoid container with repoussé panel to the lid depicting a landscape with flowers, a beer-barrel and a standing figure in 17th century costume holding a purse in one hand and a goblet in the other. 173 grams, 10.8 cm wide
Private collection, Europe. Acquired on the English art market. -
Tudor Period Lead 'Horn Book' Teaching Aid
1600-1633 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,510
A rare complete and undamaged rectangular plaque bearing raised, moulded text on the obverse; with hatched three horizontal bars and two pelletted between five registers, framing the letters of the alphabet '+ABCDE / FGHIKL / MN[reversed]OPq / RSTVW / +Y[Z]'; tree with berries on a hatched field to the reverse. 26.8 grams, 53 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Kniveton, Derbyshire Dales, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.WMID-341C6A.
The letter 'U' has been omitted from the alphabet, as is common with such objects, as has the letter 'J', suggesting that the book was produced prior to the publication of Charles Butler's English Grammar (1633), which first distinguished between I and J. The letter Z is reversed. Hornbooks were employed as learning aids and commonly made from paper mounted onto wood, together with a transparent sheet of horn. Smaller, more portable lead-alloy examples such as this one are generally believed to have been mass-produced, whilst still falling within the genre of 'hornbooks'.
