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LOT 2438
'Thames' Post Medieval Copper Ring Group
CIRCA 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 11/8 in. (1.24 grams total, 20-28 mm).
Comprising round-section hoop with three coiled wires, twisted wires forming a ring; accompanied with a handwritten note reading '2 rings from Thames, larger 17th century, smaller 16th century'. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
From the collection of a gentleman born in the late 19th century, formed 1940s-1970s.
From an old Staffordshire family collection; thence by descent.
Accompanied by an old identification ticket.
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LOT 2438
'Thames' Post Medieval Copper Ring Group
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Post Medieval Limoges Style Champlevé Enamelled Crozier Socket
France, 18th-19th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Hollow cylindrical socket, engraved and decorated in champlevé enamel with scrolling foliage and pointed leaves reserved in the metal against grounds of deep blue and turquoise. 15.77 grams, 47 mm
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.
The socket formed the lower portion of a pastoral crozier, connecting the crozier head to its wooden staff. The reserved gilt foliage and blue enamel grounds correspond with the decoration of surviving early thirteenth-century Limoges croziers, including the crozier associated with Abbot Bertrand de Malsang in the Louvre, Musée du Louvre, MRR 810. -
Bedouin Silver-Coloured Ring with Butterfly Gemstone
20th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a D-section decorated hoop, the shoulders formed as reclining birds supporting a rectangular bezel set with a black intaglio with a butterfly motif. 6.88 grams, 29.69 mm overall, 19.65 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)
Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Glazed Terracotta Oil Lamp Collection
20th century A.D. or earlierEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: one with biconvex body with D-section nozzle and loop handle with trefoil reflector; one squat pot with pinched nozzle and loop handle; one a cup with pinched nozzle, low stem with saucer below and strap handle. 481 grams total, 8.1-11.1 cm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
