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LOT 2031
Tudor Bronze Clothes Fastener Group
16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 1 3/8 in. (22.16 grams total, 23-34 mm).
Including openwork rosette, triple-looped and other types. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on various UK sites since 1974.
Property of an Essex collector.
See Bailey, G., Buttons & Fasteners 500 BC-AD1840, Witham, 2004, for types.
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Silver-Gilt Pineapple Chalice with Saint George
Germany, 19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
With waisted body, bulbous shoulder, everted rim, collared stem and tiered splayed foot, ornamented in repoussé bulbs and ogival ribs; lid with openwork rim of palmettes and foliate forms, central domes, finial with basket of palmettes, oval bulb above ornamented in pellets between spiral band, surmounted by a statuette, modelled in the round as Saint George, clad in armour, driving a spear into the dragon, with naturalistic detailing to the saint's features; various stamps to base; finial repaired. 613 grams, 43.6cm
Fine condition, finial repaired.
From the Deutsch collection, Germany. Ex central London gallery.
