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LOT 2365
Western Asiatic Style Artefact Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 1/2 in. (29 grams total, 23-39 mm).
Comprising two weights formed as ducks with their heads laid back along their spines; a pendant formed as a bull head with attachement loop to the top. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate European collection, 1990s.
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LOT 2365
Western Asiatic Style Artefact Group
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Tudor Bronze Skillet Handle with 'Fear God x Thomas Hatch'
1575-1599 A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Roughly rectangular in shape, tapering slightly towards the terminal, part of the wall and rim of the vessel remaining attached to the handle; on the upper side of the handle between two beaded borders an inscription cast in high relief thought to read '[FE]Ar(lis?)GOD+TAMAS.hACh'. 147 grams, 12.7 cm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-4C5F3B.
Thomas Hatch, was a foundry master known to have signed his wares 'TAMAS hACh', and is thought to have been operating between 1575 and 1599 (Butler and Green, 2003,72-73) at Broomfield in Kent. Although no Thomas Hatch's is known to include the phrase 'FEAR GOD', an example is known by Edmund Giles, thought to be Hatch's apprentice (Butler and Green, 2003, 69 and 73). -
Post Medieval Pipe Clay Mouse and Bust
18th-19th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a mouse standing on its hind legs with a prominent snout; a man wearing a low-crowned hat and sporting curly hair. 12.8 grams total, 29 mm each
From the collection of archaeologist Frederick William Robins. -
Bedouin Silver-Coloured Ring with Horse Gemstone
20th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
The hoop with low-relief geometric decoration, a tall bezel with crescentic motifs and set with a green glass intaglio with a stylised horse motif. 14.10 grams, 28.97 mm overall, 19.18 x 16.17 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)
Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.
