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LOT 2433
Vintage Gilded Icon of the Mosaic of Archangel Michael
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/4 x 6 5/8 in. (511 grams, 21 x 16.7 cm).
Rectangular wooden block with rounded edges; gesso-covered obverse with painted image of a mosaic portrait of Michael in three-quarter view. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the 1990s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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LOT 2433
Vintage Gilded Icon of the Mosaic of Archangel Michael
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Georgian Pewter Whistle Group
18th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising one slender, tapering, with a vent on both faces; one squat with a domed upper, knop finial. 41 grams total, 58-60 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984. Property of an Essex collector. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
'Thames' Post Medieval Copper Ring Group
Circa 16th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising round-section hoop with three coiled wires, twisted wires forming a ring; accompanied with a handwritten note reading '2 rings from Thames, larger 17th century, smaller 16th century'. 1.24 grams total, 20-28 mm
Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK. From the collection of a gentleman born in the late 19th century, formed 1940s-1970s. From an old Staffordshire family collection; thence by descent. Accompanied by an old identification ticket. -
Post Medieval Gold and Enamel Supporters’ Medal of Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden
German, circa 1631 A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £700
Pendant medal with a three-quarter portrait bust of Gustavus II Adolphus wearing royal dress and a laurel crown, enclosed within a laurel border, the reverse decorated in black champlevé enamel and inscribed: 'ADOLPHUS GUSTAVUS, GOTT MIT UNS' meaning 'Adolphus Gustavus, God with us'; a baroque pearl suspended from a loop beneath the medal, with a suspension bail above. 4.32 grams, 37 mm
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.
The pendant belonged to the supporters’ jewellery associated with the Swedish king’s campaigns during the Thirty Years’ War.
