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LOT 2460
Tudor Period Bronze Clasped Hands Wedding Ring
CIRCA 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.65 grams, 21.01 mm overall, 17.71 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).
Flat-section hoop with bezel formed as clasped hands. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2460
Tudor Period Bronze Clasped Hands Wedding Ring
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Slave Trade Iron Chained Ankle Shackles
18th-19th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
With chain of thick twisted links, sliding latch mechanism to one fetter. 1.87 kg, 65 cm long
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Renaissance Sardonyx Cameo of a Bearded Man in a Later Gold Ring
Probably Europe, circa 16th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
An oval cameo carved in high relief with the right-facing profile bust of a bearded man wearing a broad fillet or headband, a prominent nose, curled hair and a closely worked beard; the carving using the pale upper layer of the stone for the head and bust, contrasting with the darker ground beneath; set in a later, probably 19th-century, gold ring with a plain oval bezel, tapering shoulders and an openwork underside. 2.27 grams, 20.71 mm overall, 15.61 x 15.46 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection. -
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Post Medieval Gold Signet Ring with a Wheat Sheaf
Germany, 15th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
Comprising a large hoop with a cut-cornered bezel engraved with a wheat sheaf flanked by the initials P and H. 9.51 grams, 24.71 mm overall, 21.03 x 17.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13488-263468.
The family name of the coat of arms with the owner’s initials P and H cannot be identified, but it is possibly German. The garb of wheat, often simply called a ‘garb’ in heraldry, is a bound sheaf of grain and one of the most recognisable agricultural charges in coats of arms. Its traditional meaning is abundance, fertility, harvest, prosperity, and the honest reward of labour. Because wheat was a staple crop, the garb often points to a family connection with farming, landholding, milling, food supply, or rural prosperity. In heraldic terminology, it may be shown in gold to emphasise wealth and ripeness, or in natural colours to stress its agricultural character.
