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LOT 1560
Viking Age Bronze Ring Group
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
3/4 - 1 in. (5.6 grams total, 18-25 mm).
Comprising: one complete ring with faux-twisted bezel; one fragmentary ring bezel with openwork design. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
In Byzantine style, comprising two hinged plates and a hinged loop above; obverse with nimbate figure in orans pose, Greek inscription above; the reverse with an incised cross motif, central medallion with a nimbate bust in orans pose. 128 grams, 11.2 cm high
Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Restrung; composed of translucent blue glass beads interspersed with clear glass spacer beads. 8.9 grams, 72 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Civil War Relics From the Siege of Newark
Circa 1645-1646 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500
In a glazed wooden case with various artefacts including musket balls, ceramic fragments, and three complete clay pipes by Robert Younge of Soutwell, Nottingham; at the bottom a raised plaque inscribed: 'CIVIL WAR RELICS / from the siege of NEWARK / 1645 - 1646 / found at the site of the camp / of troops of the Earl of Lincoln / nr. Clay Lane Newark'. 5.7 kg, 60 cm
From a 19th century collection based on the inscribed plaque and frame. From an old collection of antiquities collected by the Gilstrap family, wine merchants in Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK.
The Third Siege of Newark was the longest and lasted 26th November 1645 - 8th May 1646. King Charles I's army had been destroyed at the Battle of Naseby and many of his important cities and fortresses had been lost. Newark was one of the last Royalist towns capable of resisting a Roundhead army. Newark was besieged by 17,000 soldiers made up of Roundheads from the surrounding East Midlands and London, plus the Scottish Presbyterians called Covenanters. The siege lasted six months and the people of Newark suffered hunger, an extremely cold winter and and outbreaks of disease. On the 6th May 1646, King Charles I surrendered to the Scots in the nearby town of Southwell. Two days later Newark surrendered.
