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LOT 1870
Silver-Coloured Ring Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 1 1/4 in. (20.41 grams total, 23-30 mm).
Comprising: one with teardrop bezel, glass inserts; one with lapis lazuli disc insert; one with openwork shoulders, cabochon to the bezel. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Anatolian Style Terracotta Rhyton
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Comprising a bell-shaped body with broad flared rim to the mouth, spout to the base formed as a stag's head with pellet eyes and broad antlers; after the antique. 595 grams, 18 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Carnelian Gemstone with Camel
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4
Discoid carnelian insert with reserved image of a camel, asterisk and pseudo-text above; after the antique. 1.46 grams, 18 mm
Acquired on the London, UK, antiques market. From the personal collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
William III Silver Love Token Group
1694-1702 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Group of three love tokens, each a sixpence coin bent into a double-curved profile; one pierced and with initials to each face. 7.45 grams total, 20 mm each
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The custom of giving a bent coin as a love-token is known from the 17th century in England. The coins were usually smoothed to obliterate the monarch’s head and then bent twice; sometimes they were engraved with initials or symbols such as hearts or knots. If the sweetheart accepted the youth's advances, she kept the token; if not, she disposed of the coin. The tradition is referred to in the children's rhyme "There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile, he found a crooked sixpence on a crooked stile."
