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LOT 1845
Tudor Period Iron Fire-Striker with Bronze Handle with Cherubs
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (48.6 grams, 63 mm).
Firesteel with iron striking face, bronze handle formed as an annular wreath supported by putti seated on the backs of two addored dogs; the putti facing in opposite lateral directions, wreath with floral detailing and heart below. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
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LOT 1845
Tudor Period Iron Fire-Striker with Bronze Handle with Cherubs
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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English Linen-Fold Oak Panel Pair
Circa 17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Each rectangular with reserved linen-fold motif and central branch motif with triangular frond to each end; hand-tooling to the reverse. 708 grams total, 24-24.2 cm each
Acquired from various UK auction houses. Property of a Kent collector. -
Reproduction Egyptian Style Artefact Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising a turquoise shabti with hieroglyphs to the lower body, a shabti with applied black pigment, a carved scarab beetle with plain underside, Bastet pendant; after the antique. 482 grams total, 2.3-17.8 cm
From various auction houses since circa 2005. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Ethiopian Manuscript Page with Mary Rescuing the Two Scribes from Devils
17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Leaf from a vellum manuscript with hand-coloured image: Mary, right, nimbate in red floor-length robe and blue mantle holding aloft a soul in yellow kilt, its neck seized by two crouching winged dark-skinned demons; a third demon, left, with protruding tongue seizing the upper body of another soul; foreground: two male figures seated on low stools, each with vellum page in one hand and quill in the other; panels of red Coptic text above the scribes, beside their souls; the right edge damaged, left edge folded and pierced for binding. 40 grams, 29.5 x 26 cm
Collection of David Buxton (1913-2003), author of 'Travels in Ethiopia', 1949.
The image is related to the tale of Virgin Mary and the two brothers who were scribes. In this tale, Mary rescues the souls of the scribes who had committed sins whilst they were engaged in writing a copy of the Book of the Miracles of the Virgin Mary.
