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LOT 1557
Tudor Period Tinned Bronze Signet Ring with Armed Soldier
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (4.18 grams, 21.94 mm overall, 19.55 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).
With a flat-section hoop, expanding shoulders with incised motifs; oval bezel with a soldier standing amidst tall grass, holding a pike in his right hand and a short sword in his left hand. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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LOT 1557
Tudor Period Tinned Bronze Signet Ring with Armed Soldier
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Bronze Button Collection
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Acquired early 2000s. Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman. -
Elizabethan Period Ceramic Fire Brick Group
Circa 16th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Comprising four bricks with raised designs: scrolling vegetation; two monograms, one a merchant's mark, in roundels divided by an object with tiered base and billeted border; male and female facing busts within dot-dash border; worn crowned shield issuing flowering vegetation. 6.4 kg total, 13-14 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
These glazed stove or floor tiles are similar to the ones of the great hall and the Tudor kitchens at Hampton Court Palace, made of ceramic, with a glaze to make it hard-wearing and washable. Not just the furnishings, but the palaces themselves were multi-coloured, with brick walls painted red, and exposed timbers in yellow, red, green and white -
Post Medieval Dutch Glazed Ceramic Tile Group
Circa 17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Mostly damaged, with designs mainly comprising animals, figures in landscapes, polychrome floral designs, sailing vessels at sea and others; includes complete and fragmentary examples. 11.45 kg total, 13 cm each
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
