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LOT 2076
Watercolour on Paper by Bellingham Smith
CIRCA 1885-1922 A.D.
14 x 10 in. (171 grams, 35.5 x 25.5 cm).
Winter scene with bare trees against a pale sky; signed bottom right. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, London.
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Amber Bead Necklace
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Georgian Silver 'Vive Memor Leti' Memento Mori Ring
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With stepped lozengiform bezel, central gilt plaque with skeleton and star, guilloche to the shoulder; inscribed in florid italic hand to the inner face of the hoop 'Vive Memor Leti' (be mindful of death in life). 4.14 grams, 22.92 mm overall, 18.42 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s.
The Latin phrase is taken from the work of the 1st century AD poet Aulus Persius Flaccus, Satires V 151-3: vive memor leti ! fugit hora; hoc quod loquor inde est (Live mindful of death. Time is fleeting [and] every word I speak is [borrowed] from it.). -
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Sunk 1752 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With flared body and domed shoulder, narrow neck with gussetted rim, old collector's inventory label to underside '7'; rim chipped. 1.08 kg, 24.2 cm
Salvaged by Ruben Collado Amatriain in 1992. Accompanied by original signed declarations in both English and Spanish from Ms Mariana Faine Collado, daughter of Mr Ruben Collado Amatriain.
