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LOT 1768
Stuart Period Iron Door-Hinge Pair with Dragons
EARLY 17TH CENTURY A.D.
15 in. (1.45 kg total, 38 cm each).
Matched pair of openwork iron hinges and plates, each with scrolled hinge barrel, plaque of openwork scrolls with opposed bird-head detailing, coiled tendrils, punched fan-motifs and other decoration. [2,No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Bishop & Miller, UK, 16 April 2016, lot 252.
Property of a Kent collector.
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Mixed Bronze Weight Collection
18th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Including discoid type with flange rim, heart-shaped, teardrop and other types. 223 grams total, 13-38 mm
Ex Simmons gallery, 1990s. From a North London, UK, collection. -
Post Medieval 'Thames' Iron Knife with Bone Handle
17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Short scale-tang blade with long bolster, rectangular-section bone handle with shallow socket to underside. 88 grams, 21 cm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984. Property of an Essex collector. -
Mixed Artefact Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: a reproduction terracotta pillow-shaped tablet with cuneiform inscription; arrowhead; tri-facial seal; bronze ring. 47 grams total, 24-40 mm (159 grams total, 14 x 11.5 cm including case)
From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK. From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent.