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LOT 1995
Silver Fob Seal Collection with Calligraphic Gemstones
CIRCA 19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 1/8 in. (10.6 grams total, 24-29 mm).
One composed of an openwork trefoil stem and oval base set with a polished stone bearing a calligraphic inscription in Arabic; one featuring a leaf-shaped openwork handle with rectangular base set with polished carnelian bearing an Arabic(?) calligraphic inscription. [2]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980.
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LOT 1995
Silver Fob Seal Collection with Calligraphic Gemstones
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Framed Watercolour Painting
Persia, 20th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
Composed of six men wearing turbans, seated in a landscape, text above and below; 17 rows of text to the reverse; mounted in a bifacial reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 1.5 kg, 41.5 x 30.7 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Large Tudor 'Thames' Pewter Loyalist Roundel with Crowned Double Rose
16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Substantial disc with beaded edge, Tudor rose beneath a crown with flowers and tendrils in the field. 23.18 grams, 40 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK. -
Tudor Lead Tax Seal
16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Discoid in plan with low-relief design of a crown above a sun, fleur-de-lis and rose, within ropework roundel, surrounding legend beginning 'SVB[SIDII PANNORVM]' 21 grams, 40 mm
Acquired on the UK market, 1990s. Property of a retired academic, believed to have been recovered from the Thames foreshore.
