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LOT 1484
'Thames' Clay Pipe Collection
CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 - 8 1/4 in. (218 grams total, 7-21 cm).
Mixed group of white clay smoking pipes, some with decorative bowl. [11, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa mid 1980s.
Property of an Essex collector.
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Tudor Period Bronze Signet Ring with Spread Eagle Over Device
Circa 16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
With a D-section hoop expanding at the shoulders, inside linear decoration to each shoulder; oval bezel with a spread eagle over a device on textured field. 6.78 grams, 21.93 mm overall, 18.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
'The Boar Hunt' Copper Plaque
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Repoussé plaque with design showing a pack of hounds attacking a boar in a landscape. 13.8 grams, 86 mm
Acquired in the 2000s. Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman. -
Civil War Relics From the Siege of Newark
Circa 1645-1646 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500
In a glazed wooden case with various artefacts including musket balls, ceramic fragments, and three complete clay pipes by Robert Younge of Soutwell, Nottingham; at the bottom a raised plaque inscribed: 'CIVIL WAR RELICS / from the siege of NEWARK / 1645 - 1646 / found at the site of the camp / of troops of the Earl of Lincoln / nr. Clay Lane Newark'. 5.7 kg, 60 cm
From a 19th century collection based on the inscribed plaque and frame. From an old collection of antiquities collected by the Gilstrap family, wine merchants in Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK.
The Third Siege of Newark was the longest and lasted 26th November 1645 - 8th May 1646. King Charles I's army had been destroyed at the Battle of Naseby and many of his important cities and fortresses had been lost. Newark was one of the last Royalist towns capable of resisting a Roundhead army. Newark was besieged by 17,000 soldiers made up of Roundheads from the surrounding East Midlands and London, plus the Scottish Presbyterians called Covenanters. The siege lasted six months and the people of Newark suffered hunger, an extremely cold winter and and outbreaks of disease. On the 6th May 1646, King Charles I surrendered to the Scots in the nearby town of Southwell. Two days later Newark surrendered.
