Timeline Auction - Antiquities, Natural History and Coins

7th-9th century AD.A bronze two-part cruciform pendant with hinge and suspension loop; to both faces a robed nimbate figure with hands held up in ...

Chalcolithic, 3300-2500 BC.A mixed group of 'stargazer' figurine parts comprising: three D-shaped heads, two bodies with leaf-shaped stub arms and...

Chalcolithic, 3300-2500 BC.A mixed group of stone 'stargazer' figurine heads. See von Bothmer, D. Glories of the Past: Ancient Art from the Shelby...

Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium BC. A coarse grained stone phallus with natural inclusions of the stone marking anatomical details. 86 grams, 10.5...

Neolithic, 5th-4th millennium BC. A ceramic figurine of a standing female with prominent nose and hair, stub arms extended, incised detail to fa...

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A group of three drilled axeheads, one in a micaceous sandstone, two in schist, scaphoid in plan with curved e...

Neolithic, 5th-4th millennium BC. A ceramic vessel with large head to one side of the rim with pinched nose, lentoid eyes and incised lines from...

4th-2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of implements from a Swiss lake dwelling comprising: a bone corer with inked collection number 8989; a bone...

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC.A mottled green stone knapped and polished axehead with pointed butt and flared blade edge; with old collectors l...

Neolithic Period, 8th-5th millennium BC.A mixed group of polished stone miniature axeheads, two with chamfered edge. 165 grams total, 22-55mm (1 -...

Palaeolithic, 3 million-300000 years BP.A green rhyolite pebble used as a smoothing stone. 186 grams, 61mm (2 1/2"). Fine condition.Property of a ...

Palaeolithic, 600000-40000 BP.A fragment of a dark brown mottled flint tool, with finely knapped edges; inked 96.38 collection number to the rever...

Mesolithic, 12000-5000 BC.A flint axe, lentoid in section with rounded edge. 167 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Fine condition.From an old North Country co...

Neolithic, 3rd millennium BC. A knapped obsidian spearhead with triangular head, lateral barbs and short tang. 100 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Fine co...

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC.A boat-shaped diorite axehead, with median swelling, round mounting hole, square-section butt. 535 grams, 12.2cm ...

Upper Palaeolithic, 50000-10000 years BP.A flint handaxe with tapering sides, square edge; old inked notation 'Swanscombe, Kent'. Cf. Evans, J. Th...

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC.A carved bone triangular-section leaf-shaped lancehead. 8.41 grams, 66mm (2 3/4"). Very fine condition. Extremely...

Neolithic, 6th-mid 2nd millennium BC.An awl formed from a split mammal leg bone with ground tip. 18 grams, 10cm (4"). Very fine condition. Rare.Fo...

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC.A group of three Scandinavian trapezoidal knapped and part polished chisels. 404 grams total, 89-123mm (3 1/2 - 5...

Mesolithic, 12000-6000 BC.A bifacially knapped pick of triangular section with pointed butt and rounded, beaked cutting edge; in a grey flint with...

Chalcolithic, 3300-2500 BC.A mixed group of stone 'stargazer' figurine heads. See von Bothmer, D. Glories of the Past: Ancient Art from the Shelby...

Chalcolithic, 3300-2500 BC.A mixed group of carved stone heads and bodies. See von Bothmer, D. Glories of the Past: Ancient Art from the Shelby Wh...

Neolithic, 8000-4000 BP. A group comprising: three large and well-used flint hammerstones, one with inked 'MAIDUN CASTLE 1924' reference, one wi...

Palaeolithic, 400000-300000 BP.A group comprising: three small bifacial ovate handaxes with river terrace patination, each with inked reference 'M...

Neolithic, 5th-mid 2nd millennium BC.A fully polished hammer or pestle, of oval section with flat end faces; in a mottled green-grey diorite. 420 ...

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC. A group of three Scandinavian trapezoidal knapped and part polished axes. 425 grams total, 94-95mm (4"). Fair ...

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC. A group of three Scandinavian trapezoidal knapped and part polished axes. 601 grams total, 10.7-11.5cm (4 - 4 ...

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC. A diorite axehead, with median swelling, square-section butt; with round depression, the beginning of boring o...

Upper Acheulian, 1.76 million-10000 years BP. A knapped flint ovate handaxe with old collector's inked notation '...L589/R60'. 702 grams, 16cm (6 ...

Palaeolithic, 400000-300000 BP.A group comprising: a small bifacial ovate handaxe and two of tapered form with spatulate tips, each with typical r...

Palaeolithic, 400000-300000 BP.A group comprising: two small bifacial ovate handaxes, one inked 'KNOWLE' the other 'KNOWLE 1903'; a birds-head bor...

Palaeolithic to Neolithic, 150000-7000 BP.A group comprising: a late Palaeolithic bifacial flint cleaver with white patination and inked 'DEVENIS ...

Neolithic, 3rd-2nd millennium BC. A group of fifty mixed coloured stone facial and bifacial leaf-shaped knapped points. 213 grams total, 26-67mm...

Neolithic, 3rd-2nd millennium BC. A group of fifty mixed coloured stone facial and bifacial leaf-shaped knapped points. 80 grams total, 21-34mm ...

Palaeolithic to Neolithic, 100000-7000 BP. A group comprising: a Palaeolithic flint borer formed on a pebble with typical pale yellow-brown river ...

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A flint knapped axehead with flat butt and slightly curved edge. 77 grams, 85mm (3 1/4").From a private Europe...

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A pecked and polished perforated axe of boat-shaped profile, drilled to the centre. 304 grams, 12.5cm (5").  V...

Neolithic, 5th-4th millennium BC. A pair of light grey flint axeheads with tapered squared sides and butt and slightly convex cutting edge. 860 ...

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC.A flint bifacial axehead with convex cutting edge, and edges finely knapped. 186 grams, 16.5cm (6 1/2"). Very fin...

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A speckled grey stone axehead, drilled to the centre and with flat butt to both ends. 404 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2...

Upper Palaeolithic, 50000-10000 years BP. A knapped handaxe in grey flint, lentoid in section and with a curved edge. Cf. Evans, J. The Ancient ...

Neolithic, 5th-4th millennium BC.A terracotta figure with stub arms, pinched facial features, incised belt and slash detailing. 140 grams, 10.5cm ...

Published 1888 AD. By Lieutenant-General Pitt Rivers, privately published, Excavations in Cranborne Chase near Rushmore on the Borders of Dorset...

Mid 2nd millennium BC.A group of four ceramic bird figurines. 498 grams total, 7 - 10.5cm (2 3/4 - 4"). Fine condition.Property of a German gentle...

Mid 2nd millennium BC. A group of four ceramic bird figurines. 420 grams total, 7 - 11.5cm (2 3/4 - 4 1/2").  Fine condition.Property of a Germa...

Mid 2nd millennium BC.A group of four ceramic bird figurines. 341 grams total, 70-74mm (2 3/4 - 3"). Fine condition.Property of a German gentleman...

Mid 2nd millennium BC. A group of four ceramic bird figurines. 446 grams total, 78 - 89mm (3 - 3 1/2"). Fine condition.Property of a German gent...

2nd millennium BC. A group of bronze and stone items consisting of; a bronze torc bracelet with the ends on the form of feline heads; a bronze a...

9th-5th century BC.A bronze annular mount with three radiating arms and ribbed finials to the outer edge. 31 grams, 47mm (1 3/4"). Fine condition....

2nd millennium BC. A group of three bronze torc bracelets hammered to the sides to form a square section body. 188 grams total, 90mm (3 1/2"). F...

2nd millennium BC. A group of three bronze sickle blades, each with reinforcing rib to the outer edge, attachment slot. 81 grams total, 11-11.5c...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze socketted axehead with double collar below the socket, lateral loops joining at the collar, reinforced sides, slight...

Later 2nd millennium-early 1st millennium BC.A group of two bronze socketted gouges comprising: one tubular with flared edge, deeply scooped blade...

800-500 BC.A round-section penannular bronze bracelet with butted ends, bands of vertical and diagonal hatching to the outer faces. Cf. MacGregor,...

11th-9th century BC.A bronze spearhead with socket, with plain leaf-shaped blade; the socket with two perforations for a fixing rivet; with a cust...

9th-7th century BC.A bronze spectacle brooch formed as two large tightly-wound coils with 8-shaped intermediate coils, remains of pin and catchpla...

800-500 BC.An ovoid-section penannular bronze bracelet with butted ends, bands of vertical ribbed hatching to the outer faces. Cf. MacGregor, A. A...

2nd millennium BC. A bronze square-section chisel with flattened dome finial, chamfered edge. 132 grams, 17.5cm (7"). Fine condition.Property of...

2nd millennium BC. A flat-section axehead with flared edge, angled secondary blade to the butt. See Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B. The Axes of Sc...

9th-8th century BC. A sheet bronze discoid brooch with pelletted border, five domed bosses joined by pointillé curled lines, hinged pin and catc...