Timeline Auction - Antiquities, Natural History and Coins

2nd-4th century AD. A bronze key with iron shank and bit; the handle square in section with flange rims above and below, substantial integral loop...

1st-2nd century AD. A substantial chariot or architectural fitting comprising: a tapering iron strap with two large nails for attachment; a D-shap...

1st-3rd century AD. A furniture fitting, possibly a latch clasp, with long tapering handle ending in an acanthus leaf with the head of Medusa in t...

1st-3rd century AD. A bronze mirror with one face ornamented with concentric circles; the handle formed as two D-section undulating bars, knop to ...

1st century BC-1st century AD. A C-section bronze furniture fitting or facing plate with two broad flat faces and a narrow spine; one broad face w...

2nd-3rd century AD. A marble panel fragment with raised border to the upper part, in the lower part a head of a young boy from profile with curly ...

1st-2nd century AD. A flat-section bronze bracelet with tapered ends, ribbed panels with balusters, flared finials with pointillé detailing. 35 g...

1st-2nd century AD. A rectangular bronze mount with pierced flanges to three edges, D-shaped open end, cast staple and loop with domed rivet; inla...

1st-2nd century AD. A bronze casket leg formed as a lion's foot and lily with winged nymph and square-section pillar above. 46 grams, 70mm (2 3/4...

3rd-1st century BC. A hollow repoussé silver foot from a couch or stool formed as a tiered foot and baluster with broad lotus-leaf collar, lion's ...

2nd-1st century BC. A group of three Hellenistic hollow-formed bronze couch legs, each comprising a sequence of waisted and balustered elements, f...

3rd century BC-3rd century AD. A matched pair of solid gold dress pins, each a tapering shank with ribbed upper and incised vandykes, discoid term...

Roman Period, 30 BC-323 AD. A mixed group of flat-section glass inlay bars in combinations of white, black, yellow, red and blue. 11 grams total,...

Neolithic, 6th-3rd millennium BC. A knapped axe of rectangular section with slightly tapering sides and square butt, polished to the convex cuttin...

3rd-2nd century BC. A bronze square buckle with two hook holes to the centre, iron boss to the top and indent to the base; inlaid in silver with g...

6th-7th century AD. A bronze openwork disc with four circular holes and four slots, bifacial design of concentric bands of punched points to the b...

6th century AD. A gilt-bronze peltoid horse-harness mount with chip-carved design of a three-band animal with curled legs below. Cf. peltoid mount...

9th-10th century AD. A parcel-gilt silver plaque pendant with facing seated figure, probably the goddess Freyja, modelled in the half-round; the h...

10th-12th century AD. A flat-section iron cruciform pendant with pierced lug above, silver inlaid cross design with hatched panels and geometric b...

12th century AD. A flat-section rectangular bronze strap or hasp with hole to one end, pierced lug to the other, panels of scrolled lines within b...

9th-12th century AD. A bronze torc formed as two rods twisted around each other with loop finials and wire collars. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i B...

11th century AD. A lentoid-section tapering sleeve with scooped upper edge; four-band border to the upper edge, scooped lower panel with pellets a...

17th-18th century AD. A carved wooden figurine of a bishop in full robes standing with his crozier in his left hand; floor-length pleated robe wit...

Late 17th century AD. A walnut and fruitwood marquetry panel showing six male figures, two elderly males, one in a turban and another counting mon...

Warring States, 475-221 BC. A gilt bronze lion crouching down with legs splayed and head held forward; central band running from head, down the sp...

Warring States, 475-221 BC. A bronze belt hook with arched and tapering body decorated with inlaid silver pattern of lozenge-shaped panels and wit...

19th century AD. A discoid mirror made from silver-coloured metal, with one polished face, deep sidewall, central pierced dome; high-relief scene ...

1st-3rd century AD. A schist frieze panel with an arched building to the centre with the Buddha in long monastic robes standing within, hands held...

Tamil Nadu, Late 18th century AD. A teak temple or palace door with frame and pediment; the door comprising four rectangular panels connected by t...

19th-early 20th century AD. A bronze astrolabe with graduated bar and rotating openwork panel, arabesque block with hinged suspension loop; six in...

18th-19th century AD. A bronze belt(?) comprised of five rectangular panels with scroll decoration, a curved hook to the underside at each end; ce...

7th-10th century AD. A bronze pivoting trigger(?) in the form of a gryphon with extended fore-limbs, the claws of each foot further extending to f...

19th century AD. A lacquered polychrome papier mâché qualmadan (pen box) with sliding drawer; painted scenes to the upper face and sides depicting...

19th century AD. A bronze katar daggerwith double edged leaf-shaped blade with central rib and recessed body to the side; handle with two parallel...

17th-18th century AD. An iron kulah khud helmet with hemispherical bowl decorated with scrolling plant motif and calligraphic panels to the side a...

9th-11th century AD. An iron axehead with triangular-section narrow blade widening to a broad beveled edge with square chin, socket with lateral f...

Late 15th-16th century AD. A D-section hoop widening to a circular boss with maltese cross against white enamel extending to acanthus leaf against...

14th century AD. A D-section gold hoop with profile beast-heads flanking the hinge attachment and couch for the leaf-shaped pin with facing beast-...

13th-14th century AD. A bronze pendant comprising a triangular-section bar with trefoil finials, hinged suspension mount, heater-shaped shield wit...

14th century AD. A slightly convex bronze quatrefoil pendant with pierced suspension lug, central panel with blue enamel and reserved lion passant...

11th-15th century AD. A group of bronze fittings with enamel, comprising: two roundels with silver inlaid flower with double row of petals, black ...

Dated 1772. A D-section gold hoop with scrolled tendrils to the shoulders, discoid bezel with crystal panel and lock of hair, border of table-cut ...

19th century AD. A rectangular glass panel with allegorical subjects 'Geologie' and 'Zoologie' depicted in Renaissance costume seated on a bench; ...

17th-18th century AD. A bronze hexagonal table with six lion's claw legs, inlaid stone surface with radiating lotus design, white stone border and...

Late 18th-19th century AD. A hollow-formed parcel-gilt silver desk seal with scrolled textured bands and foliage, cruciform plaque with incised bo...

19th century AD. A rectangular silver desk seal with convergent arms and suspension loop, copperplate script 'N.S.C.' initials. 34 grams, 47mm (2...

19th century AD. A gilt bronze desk seal (and pipe tamper?) in the form of a right hand with fingers extended holding a smoking pipe, with broad c...

17th-18th century AD. A silver flat-section cruciform pendant with integral loop, incised rectangular panels with chevron and saltire motifs. 6.5...

19th century AD. A fabricated iron miniature chest or casket with velvet lining, hinged lid with lock, three vertical outer bands and claw feet, d...

20th century AD. A large, professionally made solid 22mm oak collector's chest, with hinged lid. 17 kg, 67 x 40 x 39cm (26 1/2 x 15 3/4 x15 1/4")...

20th century AD. A professionally made collector's display box in solid 20mm oak with safety glazed hinged lid. 6.09 kg, 52.5 x 39.5 x 10cm (23 1...

A museum-quality reproduction of a Velociraptor mongoliensis foot and leg with killing claw on a rectangular base, from the Late Cretaceous Period...

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Cretaceous Period, 145-66 million years BP. The fossil tail and part of the carapace of the fossil shrimp Meyeria ornata with adhering matrix, in ...

Lower Cretaceous Period, 146-100 million years BP. A group of Mosasaur sp. teeth, some with very good enamel; from the Albian, Tegona Formation; i...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze figure of a standing female (?) wearing a small cap, face with hooked nose and small eyes; long neck to wide chest and...

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A carved steatite(?) sphere with ring-and-dot motifs on three flat faces, inset shell panels between. 6.57 grams, 18mm (3/...

1st millennium BC. A carved volcanic rhyolitic tufa male torso with emphasised abdominal muscles and thighs; mounted on a display stand. 7.3 kg, ...

1st millennium BC. A black basalt statuette of a naked female with necklace around thick neck; arms bent at elbow and hands below prominent breast...

19th-early 20th century AD. A wooden case with suspension chain and two hinged doors, mirror to the interior, triangular pediment and scooped plaq...