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LOT 2063
Tudor Period Bronze Hook Fastener Group
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 1 5/8 in. (7.69 grams total, 28-41 mm).
Comprising: a fastener with a bust; a large fastener with a lozenge-shaped plate with a floral motif; a wire fastener with two hooked ends, wire decoration and two decorative beads. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Graham Slater (1927-2024), Cambridge, UK; formed 1980s-1990s.
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LOT 2063
Tudor Period Bronze Hook Fastener Group
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Irish Leather Powder Flask with Brass Fittings
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Opening Bid: £5
Stitched edges and a tubular neck with brass fittings. 84 grams, 19.3 cm
Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman. -
Post Medieval Iron Key Collection
19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group of keys with looped handles. 225 grams total, 6.5-12.9 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman. -
Large Original Railway Poster - Old Country Towns by Gregory Brown
Circa 1938 A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Large paper advertising poster in five tones depicting a country town with a mix of weatherboard, brick-built and Georgian shops and buildings, figures and horses; to bottom left 'Gregory Brown / 38'; title 'Old Country Towns in Southern England' over 'via Southampton Docks or the short sea routes of the Southern Railway'; bottom right 'Printed in Great Britain by Waterlow and Sons, London and Dunstable'; linen backed. 931 grams, 134 x 108.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.
F. Gregory Brown was a commercial artist who inspired a generation of designers and helped to improve the quality of pre-war advertising in Britain. 'Old Country Towns' was one of Brown’s last works, printed just before his death aged 54 in 1941.
