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LOT 2213
Tudor Henry VIII Lead One Pound Town Weight
16TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (456 grams, 67 mm).
Discoid with an impressed crowned 'H' to one side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound from spoil from the Thames Foreshore at Billingsgate in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex collector.
Ex Capital Gains Exhibition at the Museum of London.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 2213
Tudor Henry VIII Lead One Pound Town Weight
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Dogon Iron Multiple Oil Lamp Stand
Circa 19th century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Iron flat-section shaft with three tiered cross-bars, the two lowest each with five iron lamp-bowls to the forward face; above, a U-shaped bar with a lamp bowl at each upper end; top of the shaft developing to an anthropomorphic torso with ellipsoid head and two narrow arms raised vertically; chain around the neck with hand-forged extinguishing spoon; mounted on a square base; Dogon, Mali, workmanship. 6.25 kg total, 132 cm including stand
From the private collection of Dr Hans-Joachim Koloss, Berlin, Germany, 1975-2002. Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Germany, auction 279, no.410. Accompanied by a copy of the Gorny & Mosch invoice and illustrated catalogue listing. Accompanied by a copy of the German cultural export licence. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The figure is probably a Nommo a primordial ancestral spirit in Dogon cosmogony. A Nommo is usually considered to be amphibious, hermaphroditic and fish-like depicted in Dogon art with a humanoid upper torso, and a fish-like lower torso and tail. -
Grand Tour Bronze Figures
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: girl with long hair crouching on a rock, cradling her knee, with stamped 'Bronze garanti Paris JB déposée' mark and signed 'Milo' to base, on a marble stand; youthful Roman lady in a lively pose with sweeping dress and mantle (unsigned). 2.36 kg total, 15.7-19.1 cm
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Milo Martin, 1893-1970, was a Vaudois sculptor and medalist whose foundry stamp: “Bronze Guaranteed J.B. Paris” was chosen after a famous bronze brand from the 19th century. -
Post Medieval Stone Mortar with Heads
18th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Squat in profile with four radiating lugs to the rim with low-relief facial detailing, one with a shallow pouring channel above. 1.4 kg, 15.6 cm
Private UK collection. Acquired in the 1980s. Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
