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LOT 2050
Vintage Medieval Style Chest
20TH CENTURY A.D.
13 x 9 x 5 1/8 in. (3.69 kg, 33 x 23 x 13 cm).
Comprising a wooden frame with applied metal plates and decorative trims, a helmetted knight's head to the lid, fleur-de-lys motifs to the lid and long panels, large lion-head mount to each short face, inside with perspex panels; after the antique. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Midlands, UK, collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Georgian Silver Cross Pendant
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With rosette cluster to each arm and hub, central cell with inset rock crystal(?) stud, floral detailing to the reverse, loop with rosettes. 8.2 grams, 43 mm
From the collection of a European lady; part of a private collection formed in Germany in the 1990s. Property of a Californian, USA, collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Tudor Period Lead 'Hornbook' Writing Aid
Circa 1500-1633 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
A Tudor or Stuart period lead-alloy 'hornbook': incomplete rectangular plaque with small rectangular handle; bearing raised, moulded text on the obverse with hatched forms between four registers, which frame the letters of the alphabet 'ABCDE/FG[reversed]HIKL/MNOPq/RST[VW]XYZ'; low-relief octofoil in centre to the reverse. 51 grams, 75 mm
Found Yorkshire, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The letter 'U' has been omitted from the alphabet as is common with such objects, as has the letter 'J', suggesting that the book was produced prior to the publication of Charles Butler's English Grammar (1633) which first distinguished between I and J. The letter Z is reversed. Hornbooks were employed as learning aids and commonly made from paper mounted onto wood together with a transparent sheet of horn. Smaller, more portable lead-alloy examples such as this one are generally believed to have been mass produced, whilst still falling within the genre of 'hornbooks'. Interestingly, some scholars have argued that the mistakes and inconsistencies found on lead examples rendered them less effective learning tools, used as children's toys in families with low levels of literacy, or possibly serving as dolls' accessories. -
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20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
With high-relief scene, pixiu and coiled foliage. 46 grams, 56 x 43 mm
Ex Paris gallery, 1980-1990. From a Parisian collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
