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LOT 1999
Tudor 'Published' Bronze Clothes Fastener Collection
16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 1 1/2 in. (27.8 grams total, 29-40 mm).
Mainly rosette and openwork scroll types; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series and Buttons & Fasteners 500 BC-AD 1840. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
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Post Medieval Iron Kidney Dagger with Replacement Handle and Sheath
15th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £72
The tapering blade with a single cutting edge; replica leather scabbard decorated with 'fleur de lys' and wooden handle with bulbous guard and pommel. 229 grams, 36.5 cm long
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
The term 'ballock dagger' was used in medieval times to describe a dagger with a grip bearing a considerable resemblance to a phallic symbol. It was also called 'kidney dagger' during the Victorian times. The constant characteristic is the presence of two roundish and symmetrical bulbs at the guard, with the grip itself emerging upward between them and flaring slightly towards the top, sometimes being surmounted by a cap. -
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Idol Group
20th century A.DSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising: a rectangular panel with applied facial features; a carved antler fragment with seated figure; a stylised human bust with spiral to the underside. 109 grams total, 35-89 mm
Acquired from Drout, Paris, in the 1990s. Ex Paris collection. -
Post Medieval Bone Figure of Christ
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Corpus Christi carved in the round with exaggerated head, spigots for posable arms, holes to the feet. 18 grams, 93 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
