Lot 158: Collection of Beads and Jewelry

Lot 158: Collection of Beads and Jewelry

Silver earrings, pins, etc.: Scottish brooch inset with stone and glass; Miniature Japanese mask; Carved ball with inscriptions; Collection of bone and clay decorated spindle whorls (Coptic, 2nd-5th c. AD), 10 pieces; Large wood rosary bead, France or Germany, 17th-19th c., with head of Christ, and on the reverse a death’s head (skull), purchased in New Jersey in 1960; (L.C. & P. Wyman collection). 

Estimate: $400-500

Description

Silver earrings, pins, etc.: Scottish brooch inset with stone and glass; Miniature Japanese mask; Carved ball with inscriptions; Collection of bone and clay decorated spindle whorls (Coptic, 2nd-5th c. AD), 10 pieces; Large wood rosary bead, France or Germany, 17th-19th c., with head of Christ, and on the reverse a death’s head (skull), purchased in New Jersey in 1960; (L.C. & P. Wyman collection). 

Estimate: $400-500