16th Sep, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
Country House
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A Burmese Bronze Opium Weight Converted to a Hand Seal, 19th century, cast as chicken, the matrix engraved with arms and motto of the Rickards family of Evenjobb, Radnorshire
6.5cm high
A Japanese Bronze Handle, 19th century, adapted as a hand seal, cast as a monkey and her young sitting on a tree stump, the steel matrix engraved with the crest of the Rowe family of Ballycross, Bridgetown, Ireland
9cm high (2)
Provenance: From the Rickards Collinson family. Emily Isadora Rowe married Arthur Rickards, 19th June 1869, at St Mary, St Denys & St George, Manchester
Sold for £130
Estimated at £150 - £200
Auction: Country House, 16th Sep, 2022
The Country House Sales offer an appealing mix of traditional antiques and curiosities, good furnishing pieces and specialist collectors’ items. The sales incorporate the contents of important properties and private collections as well as individually consigned lots redolent of the English Country House.
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Tuesday 13 September - Thursday 15 September 10am-4pm, *Friday 16 September 10am-4pm (*viewing for Day Two of the sale only), and mornings of sale from 7.30am
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