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LOT 2406
Tudor Bronze Skillet Handle with 'Fear God x Thomas Hatch'
1575-1599 A.D.
5 in. (147 grams, 12.7 cm).
Roughly rectangular in shape, tapering slightly towards the terminal, part of the wall and rim of the vessel remaining attached to the handle; on the upper side of the handle between two beaded borders an inscription cast in high relief thought to read '[FE]Ar(lis?)GOD+TAMAS.hACh'.
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, UK.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-4C5F3B.
Thomas Hatch, was a foundry master known to have signed his wares 'TAMAS hACh', and is thought to have been operating between 1575 and 1599 (Butler and Green, 2003,72-73) at Broomfield in Kent. Although no Thomas Hatch's is known to include the phrase 'FEAR GOD', an example is known by Edmund Giles, thought to be Hatch's apprentice (Butler and Green, 2003, 69 and 73).
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LOT 2406
Tudor Bronze Skillet Handle with 'Fear God x Thomas Hatch'
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Roman Style Carnelian Bead Necklace
20th century A.D. and earlierEstimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Formed of graduated barrel-shaped beads, restrung with a modern clasp. 74 grams, 44 cm
Ex London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Two Georgian Political Caricatures by James Sayers
1788 A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Comprising: 'The Shadow of Opposition' etching, published 31 March 1788 by Thomas Cornell, monogrammed in the plate 'JS f', a satire on the Foxite Opposition, with the motto 'Stat Magni Nominis Umbra' and the verses 'Each Patriots Speech another Speech affords / The C—ns have their Echo in the L—ds'; 'The Managers in Distress, etching, published 11 April 1788 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street, monogrammed in the plate 'JS f' a satire on Burke, Fox and the other managers of the Warren Hastings impeachment, shown falling from a collapsing bridge: 'D—n the Piers they won't support us', punning on the House of Lords 'Peers'; both mounted. 282 grams total, 32.5 x 32 - 35 x 30 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.
Sayers was one of the leading political caricaturists of the 1780s, a supporter of Pitt, and best known for his attacks on Fox and the Hastings prosecution. Both prints were published by Thomas Cornell, Sayers's regular publisher, within a fortnight of each other during the early months of the Hastings trial. -
Chinese Tang Dynasty Style Attendant Figure
20th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Hollow-form figure modelled standing and dressed in long garments tied at the waist, wearing a tall headgear. 490 grams, 22.4 cm
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990-2000.
