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LOT 1795
Tudor Lead Tax Seal
16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (21 grams, 40 mm).
Discoid in plan with low-relief design of a crown above a sun, fleur-de-lis and rose, within ropework roundel, surrounding legend beginning 'SVB[SIDII PANNORVM]' [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market, 1990s.
Property of a retired academic, believed to have been recovered from the Thames foreshore.
Cf. Stuart F. Elton, Cloth Seals. An illustrated reference guide to the identification of lead seals attached to cloth, Oxford, 2017, p.221, from the Museum of London collection, MOL 92.27/7, for a very similar seal; see also the Southampton seal-matrix of this design, in Elton, p.28 [= PAS database SUR-AB43CB].
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Framed Watercolour Painting
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Opening Bid: £50
Showing figures beneath a canopy erected in a hilly landscape; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame, Indian workmanship. 2 kg, 54 x 45 cm
Very fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Large Ceramic Bellarmine Crest and Pipe Bowl Group
17th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
The bellarmine fragment displaying the majority of an oval crest featuring a coat of arms within a geometric border; three complete pipe bowls: one formed as a male head wearing a turban; one decorated with foliage; one showing castle-like structures and with marks to the foot. 273 grams total, 3.5-15 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance. -
Tudor 'Thames' Iron Knife Group
16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising four single-edged knives including one with openwork grip. 112 grams total, 10.5-15 cm
Fair condition.
Found Thames foreshore, London, UK, 1970s-1980s. Ex UK collection. Property of a Hampshire, UK gentleman.
