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LOT 1909
Tudor Period Bronze Ring with Marching Figure
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (5.87 grams, 22.08 mm overall, 18.14 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
With chamfered edges and textured band to the rim of the bezel, ellipsoid plaque with incuse design of an advancing figure wielding his sword above his head. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx European private collection, 1990s.
Acquired from a London, UK, gallery.
property of an Essex gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 613, for type.
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Post Medieval Vellum Document of Pope Paul III
Italy, 1534-1538 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Large rectangle with linear upper border and three pendant medallions: St. Peter with book and key, angels supporting the communion cup, St. Paul with sword and book; flanking blocks of dense flowers, leaves and tendrils above incipit 'IN XPI NOMINE AMEN' (in the name of Christ let it be so); similar lateral floral ornament flanking the central block of text in a fine italic hand with red-inked titles and name of the issuing authority (PAVLVS); folded lower edge with cord for attachment of an authenticating seal (absent); witnessed at bottom left corner by Franciscus Caesariensis Ep[iscopu]s (Bishop Francis of Caesaria) and credited at bottom right 'gratis in omnibus amore dei / Marius Cappocinus secretarius' (with thanks to the love of God in all things, Marius the Capuchin, Secretary); some usage wear, faded Italian-language notation to reverse. 137 grams, 74 x 62 cm
Collection of Victor Spark, UK, 2007. Ex central London gallery.
Pope Paul III was the commissioner of the painting of the Last Judgement on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City. -
Reproduction North American Stone Arrowhead Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Each barbed and with broad tang. 30.9 grams total, 27-36 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Georgian Pewter Whistle Group
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising one slender, tapering with vent to both faces; one squat with domed upper, knop finial 41 grams total, 58-60 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984. Property of an Essex collector.
