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LOT 2126
WWI Bronze Button with Cannon and Shot
20TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.8 grams, 23 mm).
Military uniform button, domed in profile with loop to reverse; low-relief cannon, ramrod and shot reserved against a hatched field; Austro-Hungarian field artillery regimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
Accompanied by the original collector's data sheet(s) with reference no.A95.
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LOT 2126
WWI Bronze Button with Cannon and Shot
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Amlash Style Terracotta Bull Rhyton
20th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Formed as a standing bull with exaggerated neckhump, four stub legs and long curving horns, U-shaped muzzle forming the spout. 1.37 kg, 36.5 cm wide
Private collection of Dr Alvin M. Soffe (c.1922–1995) and Elizabeth Ann Soffe, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, acquired circa 1960s–1970s; thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00256670. -
Original Copper Plate Engravings by Daniel Meisner and Others of Inca Rulers and Oliver Cromwell
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Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: buff paper page from Meisner's 'Thesaurus Philo-Politicus' (1625-1630) with engraved image of a city and cockerel in foreground, title 'Prospice Domui E100' and 'Beaumont', Latin and German rhymed couplets below; buff paper page with engraved image of a walled fortress and lion in foreground with Cupid, title 'Omnia Domat Amor G41' and 'Carlemont', Latin and German rhymed couplets below; two examples of buff paper page with engraved image of a city and river with fishermen holding a net in foreground, title 'Fraus et Ubique Dolus' and 'Rüssel', Latin and German rhymed couplets below, one numbered 'Ez' and the other '35'; portrait in three-quarter view of Oliver Cromwell with signature (Walker?) below, and legend above 'London, published 25 July 1881 by P.& D.Colnaghi & Co. 13 & 14 Pall Mall East'; print in card reveal with five busts of rulers, each with an axe and stepped headress, with legend 'Manco-Capac 1st Emperor of Peru', 'Sinchi-Roca. II Emp.', 'Loque-Yupanqui, III Emp.', Mayta-Capac, IV Emp.', 'Capac-Yupanqui. V Emp.', printed titled 'Gent.Mag. Nov.1751'. 114 grams total, 18 x 14 - 29.1 x 22 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector. -
Russian Orthodox Enamelled Bronze Travel Icon with Saint Julitta, Cyricus and Deesis
19th century A.D.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £85
With blue enamel and framed by a raised border; Saint Julitta and her son, Cyricus, Saint Gregory the Theologian and Saint John the Chrysostom standing beside them at the centre; three half-length figures above: St. Paraskeva (right), Eudokia, and Barbara (left); OCS inscriptions identifying the saints framing the scene; on the top a deesis, with Christ Pantokrator at the centre, flanked by Saint Mary and Saint John the Precursor; at the top left corner Archangel Michael, on the top right corner the Archangel Gabriel; beneath Saint Gabriel, in vertical order, Saint Paul, Saint Gregory the Theologian, Saint Nicholas of Myra, Saint Demetrios; beneath Saint Michael, in vertical order, Saint Peter, Saint Basil the Great, Saint John Chrysostomos and Saint George; in the last row, nearby Saint Andrew, at the centre, the Archangel Raphael, with sword and cross. 360 grams, 14 cm
Acquired from Chris Martin-Zakheim, Iconastas, 5 Piccadilly Arcade, London SW1. From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
This icon was intended for private devotion, often carried by pilgrims and Orthodox believers for spiritual protection. St. Julyttas and her son Cyricus (Ки́рик и Иули́тта), among the most venerated figures in Russian tradition, are depicted in the centre, surrounded by other saints, a symbol of the communion of the righteous in front of the Divine Deesis.