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LOT 1611
Tudor Period and Later Iron Padlock Collection
CIRCA 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 - 3 1/8 in. (390 grams total, 45-80 mm).
Comprising a variety of types of padlocks, most retaining their arm and ceased in the locked position. [8]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
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Tudor Period 'Thames' Button and Pendant Group
Circa 16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: an oblate glass bead with hexafoil and loop, and a bronze pyramidal dangle. 1.64 grams total, 10-11 mm
Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa mid 1980s. Property of an Essex collector. -
Post Medieval Lead Artefact Collection
17th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Comprising decorative mounts, a weight and two musket balls. 382 grams total, 15-58 mm
Found Somerset, UK. -
Renaissance Gold Ring with a High-Quality Facetted Diamond
16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
Composed of a slender hoop with ornamental shoulders, scallops and pellets to the oblong box bezel, set with a cut and polished diamond; traces of black enamel remaining to the lower half and base of the bezel; the diamond believed to be: VS 1, colour H. 2.44 grams, 22.59 mm overall, 15.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)
From an early 20th century family collection. Acquired by a London gentleman in the 1930s, thence by descent. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, lady. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11910-206607.
