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Lot 356
8th-9th century AD. A hollow-formed gold foil cross pendant with expanding arms, ribbed suspension loop, applied filigree volute scrolls and granules; central square cell with inset garnet cloison. 4.44 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). Very fine condition, usage wear. Ex Knighton collection, Derbyshire, UK; formerly with Ancient Art, London, UK.
Lot 36
26th Dynasty, 664-525 BC. A large glazed composition shabti with mummiform body, wearing tripartite wig and false beard, arms crossed over chest and holding a pick and hoe with seed bag to the back of the left shoulder; horizontal bands of hieroglyphs running down the body; supporting pillar to the back. 62 grams 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Fine condition.Property of a European collector living in London; acquired on the London art market before 2000; previously in a collection formed before 1980.
Lot 377
Neolithic, 3rd-2nd millenium BC.A very large pecked and polished axe of lentoid section in a dark grey-brown olivine basalt with rounded butt tapering smoothly to the convex cutting edge, each side ornamented with 'fishbone' ribbing in relief; with small collection number in white ink to one side. See Glob, P. V., Danske Oldsager II, Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952 for examples of Danish ornamented pieces. 2.32 kg, 31cm (12"). Fine condition. Very rare.Property of a Dutch collector; acquired on the European art market before 2000. Stone axes with significant ornament are rarely seen and were almost certainly prized as ceremonial objects rather than being used as implements.
Lot 380
Neolithic, 4th millennium BC.A fine grained white stone ritual axehead, trapezoid in profile, carved to the upper surface with three sections, hole to the upper section; to the base an elongated teardrop shape along the body. 416 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Very fine condition.Property of a European gentleman; acquired on the German art market in the 1990s. [No Reserve]
Lot 384
Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium BC.A ceramic figurine of a standing female with prominent nose and hair, stub arms extended, small breasts, incised detail to face and body; arms pierced. See Villes, A & Luci, K. Dieux des Balkans. Figurines Néolithiques du Kosovo, Paris, 2015 fig.20 for type. 322 grams, 16cm (6 1/4"). Fine condition.Property of a European gentleman; acquired on the German art market in the 1990s. [No Reserve]
Lot 387
8th-3rd century BC. A gold penannular band with ribbed body, and tapering ends; old collection label to reverse 89.62. 2.54 grams, 23mm (1"). Very fine condition. Property of a London gentleman; formerly from a major Mayfair gallery; acquired on the London art market in 1989; found on the South East Coast of the UK, 6th February 1989; collection number 2513.
Lot 40
26th Dynasty, 664-525 BC. A glazed composition shabti with mummiform body, wearing tripartite wig and false beard, arms crossed over chest and holding a pick and hoe, seed bag to the back of the left shoulder; bands of hieroglyphs running horizontally across body; supporting pillar to the back. 57 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2").Very fine condition.Property of a European collector living in London; acquired on the London art market before 2000; previously in a collection formed before 1980.
Lot 404
9th-11th century AD. A large heavy gold bracelet formed as a penannular shank of plaited rods, splayed terminals with punched ornament, each punchmark a triangle with a pellet to each angle. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate. 90.89 grams, 91mm (4 1/2"). Extremely fine condition. Very rare. From a private UK collector; previously the property of an East Anglian collector; acquired in Europe in the late 1940s. Accompanied by a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. .
Lot 405
5th-6th century AD. A sheet gold disc with rolled rim, integral ribbed suspension loop; border enclosing a band of triangles each with a pellet, central image of a bird with curved beak, looped wing, piriform thigh. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] See Hedeager, L. Myth and Art: A Passport to Political Authority in Scandinavia During the Migration Period in Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History, vol.10 Oxford, 1999 fig.2 for similar avian motif. 3.04 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). Very fine condition. Property of a Cambridgeshire collector; previously from a Sussex gentleman in the early 1990s. Accompanied by a X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate.
Lot 407
9th-11th century AD. A gold discoid pendant with central motif of a five-pointed star formed around a large central raised disc, body filled with pellets, each arm finished with a pair of scrolls; decorated attachment loop above. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Graber, Uppsala, 1940 pl.98. 10.28 grams, 40mm (1 1/2"). Extremely fine condition. Property of a European gentleman; acquired on the German art market before 2000.
Lot 408
9th-11th century AD. A discoid gold pendant with raised border, nine prominent discs surrounded by applied wires forming semi-circular scrolls, remaining space filled with pellets and scrolled wires; attachment loop to the top. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Graber, Uppsala, 1940 pl.98. 7.21 grams, 37mm (1 1/2"). Extremely fine condition. Property of a European gentleman; acquired on the German art market before 2000.
Lot 409
9th-11th century AD. A gold oval pendant with filigree beaded rim, filigree triangles forming claws to hold a keeled quartz cabochon; to the top a tubular suspension loop with filigree triangle and flower pattern. 10.60 grams, 32mm (1 1/4"). Extremely fine condition. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. [No Reserve]
Lot 415
9th-11th century AD. A gold ring with median hoop with the ends coiled about the shank; central rib with row of ring-and-dot motif, and band of stamps each a triangle with a pellet to each angle. 8.06 grams 23.73mm overall, 21.19mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British X, USA 11 3/4 Europe 26.29 Japan 29) (1"). Extremely fine condition. A large wearable size. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000.
Lot 422
4th-7th century AD. A gold pendant in the form of a miniature bucket with domed bottom decorated with opposed crescents, flat-section wall decorated with crescents forming a feather pattern; handle with rope work rib to the centre. 1.72 grams, 15mm (3/4"). Extremely fine condition. Property of a German gentleman; acquired on the European art market in the 1990s. Pendants in the form of miniature buckets have been found in a number of pagan Anglo-Saxon and Viking contexts and are generally made of bronze or iron, with gold examples being rare; three gold examples were found with the hoard from Hoen, Norway. Bronze bucket amulets have been found at Driffield in Yorkshire, and Vimose bog in Denmark, among other places. In form they represent wooden buckets bound with bronze or iron bands which have been found in Anglo-Saxon and Viking graves and are believed to have held mead or ale and were used to replenish the cups from which warriors drank. As amulets they probably represent the ecstatic power of alcoholic drink and the role of women as the dispensers of these precious beverages. [No Reserve]
Lot 424
4th-7th century AD. A gold pendant in the form of a miniature bucket with flat base with ring-and-dot motif, flat-section wall with further ring-and-dot motif with double pellets between; handle with rope work rib to the centre. 1.60 grams, 12mm (1/4"). Extremely fine condition. Acquired on the German art market in the 1990s. Pendants in the form of miniature buckets have been found in a number of pagan Anglo-Saxon and Viking contexts and are generally made of bronze or iron, with gold examples being rare; three gold examples were found with the hoard from Hoen, Norway. Bronze bucket amulets have been found at Driffield in Yorkshire, and Vimose bog in Denmark, among other places. In form they represent wooden buckets bound with bronze or iron bands which have been found in Anglo-Saxon and Viking graves and are believed to have held mead or ale and were used to replenish the cups from which warriors drank. As amulets they probably represent the ecstatic power of alcoholic drink and the role of women as the dispensers of these precious beverages. [No Reserve]
Lot 433
6th-7th century AD. A silver-gilt square-headed bow brooch with rectangular headplate, shallow carinated bow and lozengiform footplate; the headplate with a panel of scrolls within a border of offset triangular niello-filled stamps, outer border with raised lozenges and piercings; the bow with addorsed helmetted masks to the ends; the shoulders with three-line Style I masks above bird-heads; the footplate lozengiform with punched border similar to the headplate, enclosing a hooked cross or 'swastika' with scrolled arms; bird motifs to the lower edges and inverted mask to the terminal; to the reverse, a reinforcing plate to the footplate with integral catchplate and scar where the pin-lugs were attached; ferrous residue to the upper edge of the headplate. Cf. similar examples from Barrington, Cambridgeshire published in MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993 p.121 item 14.1 sharing the hooked cross motif on the footplate and openwork border to the headplate. 25 grams, 82mm (3 1/4"). Extremely rare. Very fine condition. Acquired on the London art market in the 1990s; previously in a German collection. Square-headed brooches are not a common type in England, found mainly in Kent but with outliers in Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire; they also occur in Scandinavia, where the type originated. They are always finely made and gilded; some bear inset garnet cloisons. They occur in pairs in women's graves, worn at the shoulders to pin a tubular dress or shawl in place. The swastika is an ancient sun-symbol that is found in many parts of the world from prehistory to the modern day, such as in Hinduism and Buddhism where it is still a potent symbol of good fortune. In the Iron Age and Roman period it was mostly associated with sky deities, such as Jupiter and Taranis. For the Germanic people it came to be associated with Thor, god of thunder and fertility, as well as protector of mankind.
Lot 437
10th century AD. A silver pendant showing a male figure, Odin , with body composed of an interlaced strip with hands gripping the edge of the frame; suspension loop in the form of a bearded male face. Cf. Arwidsson, G. Birka II: 3 Systematische Analysen der Gräberfunde, Uppsala, 1986 p.27 fig.3:23 (Tuna, Alsike Ksp. Up. Typ Tuna"). 11 grams, 34mm (1 1/2"). Very fine condition. Rare.Property of a professional collector; acquired before 1990. Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate.In Norse mythology, from which stems most of our information about the god, Odin is associated with healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, battle, sorcery, poetry, frenzy, and the runic alphabet, and is the husband of the goddess Frigg. In Old Norse texts, Odin is depicted as one-eyed and long-bearded, frequently wielding a spear named Gungnir, and wearing a cloak and a broad hat. He is often accompanied by his animal companions—the wolves Geri and Freki and the ravens Huginn and Muninn, who bring him information from all over Midgard —and Odin rides the flying, eight-legged steed Sleipnir across the sky and into the underworld. Odin is attested as having many sons, most famously the gods Baldr and Thor, and is known by hundreds of names. In these texts, Odin frequently seeks knowledge in some manner and in disguise (most famously by obtaining the Mead of Poetry), at times makes wagers with his wife Frigg over the outcome of exploits, and takes part in both the creation of the world by way of slaying the primordial being Ymir and the gift of life to the first two humans Ask and Embla. Odin has a particular association with Yule, and mankind's knowledge of both the runes and poetry is also attributed to Odin. This pendant would appear to represent Odin sacrificing himself on the world tree, Yggdrasill, in his pursuit for knowledge and the sacred runes. Odin hung himself from a branch of the world tree that hung over the well of Urd, pierced himself with his spear and looked into the sacred waters. He hung for nine days and nights poised between life and death and on the last day the runes revealed themselves to him and he gained the sacred and secret knowledge that elevated him to an even higher state in the world of the gods. The Jellinge style of art takes its name from the tenth century, Danish, royal cemetery at Jelling in Jutland and is noted for the ribbon like animals that decorate a silver cup and a memorial stone from the site.
Lot 438
10th century AD. A silver-gilt discoid pendant with integral loop, banded border with facing male mask on a coiled profile quadruped, executed in a fusion of Jellinge and Borre styles. 3.42 grams, 23mm (1"). Fine condition.From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000.Despite the long period of overlap of Borre and Jellinge art styles, there are only few examples of their fusion. The principal and most popular motif of Borre style displays the animal with gripping paws, usually enmeshed in a circle, while a typical Jellinge style beast is more slender with a long, S-shaped slim body and ribbon decoration. [No Reserve]
Lot 446
8th-9th century AD.A flat-section disc featuring a silver-gilt central panel displaying a pair of opposed beasts with muzzles meeting at the outer edge, their bodies curving towards spiral shoulders and paws interlaced in the middle, in an evolved form of Insular Style seen in 7th-8th century manuscripts. Cf. Hammond, B. British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010 item 1.14-j. 1.34 grams, 22mm (1"). Extremely fine condition, suspension loop lost in antiquity.From an old English collection; acquired on the UK art market.
Lot 447
10th-11th century AD.A silver rectangular mount with an image of a seated figure holding a staff wearing a massive necklace, in the lower register a pair of seated feline beasts. 8.74 grams, 48mm (2"). Fine condition. Worn.Property of a European gentleman; acquired on the German art market before 2000. [No Reserve]
Lot 467
10th-11th century AD. A heavy bronze pendant with central oval bezel surrounded with a zoomorphic figure holding a snake on each side, with hair entangled below the circular loop to the top. 20.26 grams, 35mm (1 1/4"). Fine condition.Property of a European gentleman; acquired on the German art market before 2000. [No Reserve]
Lot 471
9th-11th century AD. A gold oval pendant with beaded rim, to the centre a filigree interlaced swastika with the ends of each arm in the form of a bird head with long arching beak with filigree decoration above; integral suspension loop with beaded border and pelta pattern between. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] 6.83 grams, 33mm (1 1/4"). Extremely fine condition.Property of a German gentleman; acquired on the European art market in the 1990s. Swastika is a Sanskrit word meaning 'it is well' and is a widespread good luck symbol, occurring at its earliest in Europe in Neolithic Crete, and in Asia Minor at Hissarlik in Anatolia. The motif was recurrent in the Greek world from Minoan and Mycenaean periods to Classical times. It is also found in the Celtic world, as well as in the Roman Empire, and is associated the beneficial power of the sun. In Scandinavia it is associated with the god Thor and may represent the thunderbolts that he hurls at giants and other chaotic forces.
Lot 473
9th-11th century AD. A gold circular pendant with granulated and filigree decoration in the form of linked pelta patterns with granulated beads between; to the centre a granulated dome with beads of gold around; integral suspension loop with filigree scrolling S-pattern. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] 3.80 grams, 24mm (1"). Acquired on the German art market in the 1990s. Extremely fine condition.
Lot 488
10th-11th century AD. A bronze openwork mount in the form of an s-shaped beast decorated with panels of hatching interlaced with openwork tendrils, scrolled ends turning to form the frames for the attachment rivets; the design including hatched body panels of the earlier Jellinge style, with later mesh of tendrils and lentoid eye of the Ringerike Style. Cf. the enmeshed animal mount from Hertfordshire in Backhouse, J., Turner, D.H. and Webster, L. The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art: 966-1066 London, 1984 item 107. 26 grams, 62mm (2 1/2"). Very fine condition. Very rare. From an important American collection; acquired 1990s. The Jellinge style takes its name from the ornament on a silver cup found in the north mound of the Danish royal site at Jelling, Jutland, in the burial chamber thought to be that of King Gorm, dated 958/59 AD from wooden fragments in the same site. The small cup stands on a pedestal foot and is decorated only around its bowl with a pair of interlaced animals. These beasts are typical of the Jellinge style with ornament ribbons and heads shown in profile. The long pigtail and spiral hip joint are also characteristic of the Jellinge style animals. These animals are descendants of those of the Broa style, by way of Borre. It seems to have evolved during the ninth century and was in fashion for most of the tenth century.
Lot 494
Late 7th-early 9th century AD. A gilt-bronze openwork bracket or fitting comprising: a D-shaped plaque with incised running zigzag to the upper face, waisted openwork plate formed as three cells flanked by S-coiled beasts; the upper beasts with one raised three-toed forelimb, D-shaped facing mask with pellet eyes, hatched detailing to the body, tribract to the shoulder, clubbed tail; the lower beasts similar with piscine details; the upper and lower cells D-shaped, the central one a lozenge, with a column of a hatched fish between; pierced at the upper corners and lower cell, two lateral pierced attachment lugs; ferrous remains, lug and part of a separate riveted bronze plate to the reverse. See Webster, L. & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900 London, 1991; Wilson, D.M. Catalogue of Antiquities of the Later Saxon Period, Volume I: Anglo-Saxon Metalwork 700-1100 in the British Museum, London, 1964. Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme with reference number DENO-4207C5; accompanied by a print out of the PAS report. 84 grams, 87mm (3 1/2"). Fine condition. Found Nottinghamshire, UK; 2013. The mount is unusual although its decoration and manufacturing technique point to an origin in Britain in the 7th-9th centuries. Its D-shaped upper face or ledge indicates that it is not the standard flat form of scabbard or harp fitting. The cells were probably intended to accept a glass inset gem or millefiori panel, although the inner panel of the central cell shows signs of having been gilded. The upper beasts show strong Irish influence in their design, which is found elsewhere in Northumbrian art in the 8th-9th century as for example on the brow fittings of the Coppergate helmet (Webster & Backhouse, item 47"). Similar heads in profile appear on the scabbard chapes from the St. Ninian's Isle Treasure (Wilson, plate IV"). The overall design of the piece is tentatively identified with the 'fish flanked by birds' motif seen for example in the Staffordshire Hoard, probably of later 7th century date.
Lot 497
9th century AD. A flat-section teardrop-shaped strap end with two attachment rivets at the narrow end; the body a bronze plaque with a silver sheet above, with incised border and Trewhiddle Style bird in profile above an S-shaped tendril with ivy-leaf terminals; the bird with a frond in its beak with curled tendrils and ivy-leaf below. Thomas, G. A Casket Fit for a West Saxon Courtier: The Plumpton Hoard and its Place in the Minor Arts of Late Anglo-Saxon England, in Reynolds, A. & Webster, L. Early Medieval Art and Archaeology in the Northern World. Studies in Honour of James Graham-Campbell, Leiden, 2013. Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme with reference number HAMP-DC1AA4.; accompanied by a print out of the PAS report. 8.15 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Fine condition, usage wear. Rare. Found near Soberton, Hampshire, UK; in 2015; declared as treasure by the Coroner under treasure reference 2015 T399 and subsequently disclaimed; accompanied by a copy of the letter from the British Museum disclaiming the find, and a copy of the provisional treasure valuation report. The strap end is not a standard type but belongs broadly to Thomas's Class A Type 1 despite the absence of the usual beast-head finial. Thomas (2013) argues for a connection between the bird motif in Trewhiddle Style as depicted on the strap end and the royal court of the West Saxons in the time of King Alfred the Great.
Lot 498
9th century AD. A gilt bronze Viking or Carolingian belt harness decorated with four double palmettes with scaled pattern to the columns and scrolling foliate heads; chevron border to the base with two tubular pin attachments below; with inked record number 98.22 to the reverse. 41 grams, 46mm (1 3/4"). Extremely fine condition. Property of a London gentleman; acquired from a major Mayfair gallery; acquired on the London art market in 1998; collection number 541.
Lot 132
A cut glass table lamp base of circular form with knopped central section with engraved leaf design together with a matching mushroom shaped shade on chrome supports, 24cm tall approx, a vaseline glass shade in the art nouveau manner, 16cm tall and a further collection of various opaque glass shades
Lot 116
A collection of ceramics and glassware including a Carnival glass dish with moulded fruiting vine detail and green iridescent finish, various drinking glasses including two green glass beakers, various rummers, etc together with Royal Stafford Art Deco tea wares, Myott blue and buff banded dinner wares including tureen and cover, three oval graduated meat plates, etc, also together with two mustard spoons (silver displayed in cabinet opposite)
Lot 126
A collection of Royal Albert Silver Maple pattern tea wares comprising cake plate, milk jug, sugar bowl, four cups, five saucers and six tea plates together with a boxed Royal Doulton figure of Amanda HN2996, Royal Commemorative ceramics and Burleigh art deco dinner wares with green printed decoration comprising a pair of tureens and covers, sauce boat, two oval graduated meat plates, four dinner sized plates, eight dessert plates and seven side plates.
Lot 787
A portfolio containing a quantity of artwork by Augusta Mary Warren, produced between 1893 and 1900, when a student at the Royal College of Art and including botanical studies, figures studies, designs for tiles, further architectural designs, etc, many signed and some with address details for 43 Queens Square, Bloomsbury and 28 Faraday Road, North Kensington.
Lot 117
A 19th century wedge shaped cheese dish and cover with floral decoration, a 19th century four sided bottle and stopper with painted floral decoration against a blue and gilt ground, a Sylvac buff glazed jug in the form of a squirrel and an acorn, an Art Deco amber tinted glass vase in the form of a sailing yacht, Wade animals etc, together with a set of Lakeland Studios relief moulded plaques showing cottages and other buildings, etc., including a scene at Godshill, Selly Manor, etc.
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