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LOT 1965
Tudor Period Knight's Gilt-Bronze Belt Mount Group
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 1 5/8 in. (8.9 grams total, 35-43 mm).
Matched pair of rectangular mounts with low-relief floral decoration flanked by pelletted borders and openwork finials. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Graham Slater (1927-2024), Cambridge, UK; formed 1980s-1990s.
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Hardstone Cameo of a Muse in Ring
Italy, 18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Carved in two-coloured red and brown agate, depicting a classical muse in right-facing profile with flowing hair, and drapery, the laurel wreath identifying her as an embodiment of poetic or artistic inspiration; the cameo set in a 19th-century mount with a border of single-cut diamonds set in platinum, a pierced, open-backed construction and bifurcated shoulders enriched with classical leaf motifs. 6.47 grams, 25.88 mm overall, 16.12 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J 1/2, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9)
Acquired on the European art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13327-257906.
The union of an eighteenth-century Italian gem engraving with a later English mount reflects a broader nineteenth-century practice of integrating earlier engraved gems into newly conceived settings. -
Original Antique Map of Kent by E. Bowen
Dated 1751 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Hand-tinted copper-engraved map of Kent with escutcheon lower left 'Kent Drawn from Surveys and the best Modern Maps By E. Bowen Geogr., to His Majesty.' and titled 'Engraved for the Universal Magazine.'; light pencil notation to reverse. 4.07 grams, 21 x 20 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector. -
Post Medieval Bronze Medallion of Maria Magdalena of Austria
France, 17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
A heavy medallion bearing the profile bust of Maria Magdalena of Austria (1587-1629), cast from a medal by Guillaume Dupré, circa 1613; pierced twice through the edge for mounting. 93 grams, 76 mm
Private collection, UK.
Maria Magdalena of Austria (1587-1629) was the Archduchess of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and wife of Cosimo II de’ Medici (1589-1636).
