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LOT 2148
Wall Cabinet Containing a Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) Carriage Plate
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
52 x 26 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (21.75 kg, 132 x 68 x 14 cm).
Bearing the monogram of Queen Charlotte with her arms impaled by those of her husband, King George III (1738-1820) with his crest and supporters set amongst a display of some fifty-six livery and military badges and metalled horse trappings, housed in a glazed wall cabinet with opening front.
ProvenanceEx Morningthorpe Manor, Norfolk, UK.
FootnotesThe parish of Morningthorpe is situated in south Norfolk, east of Long Stratton and west of Hempnall. The parish was certainly well established by the time of the Norman Conquest, its population, land ownership and productive resources being detailed in the Domesday Book of 1086.
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LOT 2148
Wall Cabinet Containing a Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) Carriage Plate
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
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Smoky Quartz Desk Seal in the form of a Plumed Helmet
French, 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Modelled in the round as a plumed helmet with a barred visor and a chin strap, resting on a low pedestal. 182 grams, 71 mm
Private collection, Europe. Acquired on the English art market. -
Very Large Post Medieval Iron Key
Circa 18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With slender shank, loop bow, bit with cruciform ward; possibly from a church or other large door. 116 grams, 20 cm
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collection established from the earlier 1960s. -
Post Medieval Gold Memento Mori Ring with Skull
17th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
Ellipsoid plaque with wreath border enclosing an incuse skull in three-quarter view and initials 'RW' below. 7.73 grams, 21.01 mm overall, 19.06 x 18.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
Private collection, Europe. Acquired on the English art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.13046-248360.
The memento mori jewellery of the 16th and 17th centuries served as wearable ‘reminders of mortality’. Typical motifs within this genre included skulls, skeletons, crossbones, hourglasses, coffins, the gravedigger’s pick and shovel, and various other emblems of death and decay.
