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LOT 2426
Stuart Period Bronze and Iron Combination Padlock
17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (67 grams, 40 mm).
A cylindrical keyless letter-combination padlock composed of four rotatable discs joined by a bow shackle above; the discs each bearing eleven letters in punched letter type. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Berkshire, UK, gentleman collector.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
See the Portable Antiquities Scheme record id. PUBLIC-3BA66D, for an earlier example.
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LOT 2426
Stuart Period Bronze and Iron Combination Padlock
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Style Stone Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of small, annular turquoise, green and other beads. 4.71 grams, 36 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Tudor Period Silver-Gilt Decorated 'Love God' Posy Ring
16th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Barrel-shaped in section with plain borders and barley twist decoration to the median band; inner face with 'LOVE GOD' legend in seriffed capitals. 1.58 grams, 17.43 mm overall, 15.42 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Antique Maps of Brecknockshire and China
18th-19th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: Owen, John and Bowen, Emanuel, Brecknockshire, from Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd, plate 163, from an 18th-century issue (first published 1720), an engraved county map with the road strip and a descriptive text panel, Rococo cartouche with putti, urns and a shell, hand-coloured, on the back is plate 164, the road from Chester to Llanfyllin, with a description of Chester and the Arms of Chester, inscribed in pencil 'Emanuel Bowen 1720-the 1735 issue' and 'From the Castle Grant Library' (Castle Grant, Morayshire, the seat of the Grants of Grant, Earls of Seafield); Souter, J., China, inscribed to the lower edge: 'London, Published Octr. 20th 1801 by J. Souter, 1 St. Pauls Ch. Yard', copperplate engraving with hand-coloured outlines, showing the provinces, the Great Wall, the Yellow and Yangtze rivers, Formosa and Hainan, centre fold. 16 grams total, 19.6 x 14 - 25.5 x 23.5 cm
Condition: Aged toning; small loss to the upper-right corner of the Brecknockshire sheet; the China map has a centre fold and some handling creases.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.
