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Lot 434
6th-8th century AD. A matched pair of gold earrings, each a hook and loop with teardrop amethyst to the underside, chevron rod with hooked ends engaging looped ends of a crescentic dangle with row of pearls to the outer edge, independently suspended pearl and amethyst to the centre. 14 grams total, 58mm (2 1/4"). From an important collection of Christian artefacts, formed in London in the 1980s. Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. Byzantine jewellery was a full continuation of the Roman traditions which were kept alive at the new capital, Constantinople, as well as other centres of artistic tradition, such as Antioch. In the Byzantine Empire jewellery played an important role. It acted as a way to express one's status and as a diplomatic tool. In 529 AD Emperor Justinian took up laws regulating the wearing and usage of jewellery in a new set of laws, later to be called the Justinian Code. He explicitly writes that sapphires, emeralds and pearls are reserved for the emperor's use but every free man is entitled to wear a gold ring. Pearls were prized in the previous Hellenistic and Roman periods, but seem even more so in the Byzantine empire The mosaics of San Vitale at Ravenna, Italy, depict Justinian and his wife, the empress Theodora, sumptuously bedecked in pearl encrusted diadems, necklaces and brooches. [2]. Very fine condition.
Lot 249B
KUKRI (?) KNIFE. Complete with leather case, used as both a tool and as a weapon in Nepal. Marked INDIA on blade. A characteristic weapon of Nepalese Army, Royal Gurkha Rifles of the British Army, Assam Rifles, Gorkha regiments of the Indian Army, and all Gurkha regiments throughout the world, so much so some English-speakers refer to the weapon as a Gurkha blade or Gurkha knife. NR
Lot 367
Carswell of Glasgow vintage tan leather shotgun cartridge case, initialled 'J.M.', together with a Schultze black powder measure and assorted cartridge loading equipment. Condition Report Contains a W. Bartram Nimrod number 8, a J. Dixon & Son number 1203 '12' reloader, a '410' reloader, an '8' gauge tool (with baluster shaped brass lever), a reloader with twin brass uprights marked '16'.
Lot 457
Silver Spoons - Pair Sheffield 1911 Joseph Rodgers Teaspoons; Pair Sheffield 1904 John Round & Sons Salt Spoons; Sheffield 1907 Jones & Crompton Lace Tool; Sheffield 1924 W S Savage Sugar Sifter Spoon; Sheffield 1952 James Deakin & Son ER 1953 Coronation Sugar Scoop, London 1830 Sugar Sifter Spoon; (9)
Lot 1007
William Hemmerling (American/Louisiana, 1943-2009), "Sweet Olive: Look Mama, This Wood Has a Hole in It", mixed media on wood, 21 1/2 in. x 33 1/4 in., unframed. Note: William Hemmerling, born in Chicago, began his painting career in 2002 in Ponchatoula, LA. Hemmerling was a self-taught artist utilizing various mixed media, specifically house paint and found objects. His main subject matter dealt with the daily activities of rural African-Americans and Southern folk culture, incorporating many different themes. The work offered here combines these characteristics in a humorous composition emphasizing the spontaneous nature of found wood and its natural inconsistencies. The artist was known for using his medium as inspiration, and this series featuring holes as a compositional tool interacting with his figures was completed specifically for Jazz Fest (as inscribed en verso).
Lot 637
Used By Graham of Claverhouse', a quaich, an agate handled knife, an ivory handled burnishing tool, and a shagreen etui case, the inscribed silver foot band of the quaich with another band binding the alternating dark and light wood lathes, 9.5cm (3.75 in) diameter, the red stone head of the burnished tool of mushroom shape (4) Other Notes: The Jacobite hero John Grahame was both 7th Laird of Claverhouse and 1st Viscount Dundee, 'Bonnie Dundee' (1648-89). It is conceivable that this is the Grahame of Claverhouse referred to on the foot of the quaich
Lot 256
A good George III red leather covered rectangular sewing box of small form, the lid with oval ivory inset memoriam tablet painted with a tomb within hair work, under glass in gilt metal frame, the compartmentalised interior with a set of four ivory cotton barrels, a pair of ivory jars, ivory cylinder tape measure marked in nails, ivory thimble, pair of glass bottles with stoppers, red leather needle book, tool card and fitted pin cushion, 18 x 13 x 5.5cm
Lot 265
A mid-19th Century mother of pearl small format rectangular sewing box with a full compliment of fittings, the box in geometric pearl with abalone shell borders to the central lid, white metal plaque and escutcheon, the interior in blue silk with shaped lid panel, over a lidded and compartmentalised lower section with a set of four mother of pearl top reels, a silver thimble, a tool card with steel scissors and four tools, the lower section with waxer and tape measure en-suite, with key, 24 x 9 x 6.2cm (From the collection of the late Mary Cruwys).
Lot 266
A mid Victorian papier mache sewing box with a full compliment of fittings, of serpentine rectangular form, decorated in mother of pearl and gilt and painted with flowers, on four bun feet, the interior with lidded and compartmentalised tray in paper and red velvet, with a set of six mother of pearl top reel holders (one sd to edge), matching waxer and emery, silver thimble, the tool card with silver handled scissors with sheath, two bodkins and two pearl handled tools, and with a set of six mother of pearl silk winders, complete with key, 28 x 22 x 16cm (From the collection of the late Mary Cruwys).
Lot 470
"The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments; and Other Rights and Ceremonies of the Church of England; With the Psalter or Psalms of David", printed by Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel, University of Cambridge, 1638, (one gilt tool full leather bound volume and with silvery metal catches)
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