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LOT 2549
Slave Trade Iron Chained Ankle Shackles
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
25 5/8 in. (1.87 kg, 65 cm long).
With chain of thick twisted links, sliding latch mechanism to one fetter. [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.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2549
Slave Trade Iron Chained Ankle Shackles
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Post Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix Group
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Opening Bid: £50
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Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
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Opening Bid: £5
Composed of tubular and coin-shaped beads interspersed with granulated metal collars, restrung. 30.8 grams, 47.5 cm
Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Neo-Classical Glass with the Bust of Silenus
19th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
