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LOT 2033
Tudor and Later Bronze and Other Artefact Collection
16TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 2 5/8 in. (1.39 kg total, 12-66 mm).
Including a whistle, buckle frames, Singleton's Snuff box, crotal bell and other items. [140+, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
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Stuart Period Stag's Head Mount
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Hollow to reverse with splayed antlers, fur texturing. 11.9 grams, 39 mm
Found Lincolnshire, UK. -
Georgian Silver 'Vive Memor Leti' Memento Mori Ring
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
With stepped lozengiform bezel, central gilt plaque with skeleton and star, guilloche to the shoulder; inscribed in florid italic hand to the inner face of the hoop 'Vive Memor Leti' (be mindful of death in life). 4.14 grams, 22.92 mm overall, 18.42 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s.
The Latin phrase is taken from the work of the 1st century AD poet Aulus Persius Flaccus, Satires V 151-3: vive memor leti ! fugit hora; hoc quod loquor inde est (Live mindful of death. Time is fleeting [and] every word I speak is [borrowed] from it.). -
Figural Stone Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Including a crouching female carved in the round and a head with drilled eyes mounted on a ceramic base. 1.09 kg total, 5-13.3 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
