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LOT 2403
'Thames' Post Medieval Clay Tobacco Pipe Collection
LATE 16TH-EARLY 18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 5 5/8 in. (2.4 kg total, 3.1-14.2 cm).
Collection of 186 pipes, bowls and fragments all recovered from the River Thames; including commemorative 'Khartoum' type with head of General Gordon; most with inked reference number. [186, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
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LOT 2403
'Thames' Post Medieval Clay Tobacco Pipe Collection
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Stuart Period Silver-Gilt Claddagh Ring
17th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
D-section hoop with bezel formed as two hands encircling a heart with hatched cuffs and a crown above the thumbs. 5.98 grams, 23.63 mm overall, 19.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)
Acquired in the 1970s-1980s. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. -
Egyptian Style Artefact Group
20th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: two large shabti figurines, the blue one with a British Museum stamp on the reverse, the upper part of a shabti figure with a partial cartouche, a small shabti figure with the cartouche of Tutankhamun on the upper body. 526 grams total, 8-20.3 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. The small shabti figure purchased in Gouna, March 1977. -
Antique Icon of Saint John Chrysostomos
Greece, 18th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Sturdy wooden board with gesso-covered obverse surface; within a rich red border, dark blue field with facing nimbate bust of St. John Chrysostomos wearing a white mantle and red undertunic with rosette detailing to both; left hand holding a book, right hand raised in benediction; legend 'Iω. ά χουςοτοοϚ'. 1.1 kg, 30 x 25.7 cm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
