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Click here to subscribe5th-6th century AD. An iron spearhead comprising a slender shank with expanding split socket below, triangular blade with pointed barbs. Cf. Swanton, M.J. Spearheads of the Anglo-Saxon Settlements, London, 1973, fig.4 (c"). 145 grams, 35cm (13 3/4"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. [No Reserve] Fine condition, professionally cleaned and conserved.
9th-11th century AD. A hand-forged iron axehead with swept upper face to the gently curved blade, square chin with rear spur, D-shaped socket with lateral wings above and below, curved butt. Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.14. 483 grams, 15.5cm (6"). Property of a German gentleman; acquired on the European art market in the 1990s. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
13th-6th century BC. A large bronze flange-hilted dagger with slender leaf-shaped two-edged blade, hollow grip with socket to each face to accept an insert and lateral flanges to retain it. Cf. Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.381, Cat.13. 191 grams, 36.7cm (14 1/2"). From an old English collection; acquired on the UK art market before 1970. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
3rd-4th century AD. A flat-section gold hoop with filigree ropework exterior, granules to the shoulders, drum-shaped bezel with filigree bands, inset jasper cloison with intaglio Cupid (Eros) and leashed hound chasing a hare. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L. Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 222. For a similar ring from Greece dating to the fifth century BC see The Dallas Museum of Art, acc. no. 2006.68.6 6.45 grams, 25mm overall, 19.02mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 9, Europe 19.69, Japan 19) (1"). From a private UK collection; formerly in a Munich collection formed in the 1970s. Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Extremely fine condition.
9th-11th century AD. An iron axe-hammer comprising a discoid-profile socket with ribbed collars, trapezoidal blade with curved edge, square-section shank with conical finial. Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.14 (644"). 156 grams, 16cm (6 1/4"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
9th-10th century AD. A mixed iron group comprising: a snaffle bit with square-section bridle ring to each end, fish-shaped plaque with incised decoration, tongue-shaped strap connector; a D-shaped stirrup with curved footplate and reinforcing bar to the underside, pierced suspension mount above. Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.22, 25, 35. 427 grams total, 18-33cm (7 - 13"). Property of a German gentleman; acquired on the European art market in the 1990s. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
9th-11th century AD. A mixed group of iron keys comprising: two with balustered shaft, pierced flange, voided head; one similar with balustered shaft and flat-section shank with transverse lines; one with flat section tapering shaft with saltire detailing, voided disc head. Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.274. 11 grams total, 11-12.5cm (4 1/4 - 5"). Acquired on the German art market in the 1990s. [4, No Reserve] Fine condition.
13th-6th century BC. A bronze adzehead with short tubular socket and flared blade, ribbed detailing to the upper socket, vertical ridge to the reverse. Cf. Godard, F. The Art of Iran, London, 1965, fig.97 for type. 403 grams, 16.5cm (6 1/2"). Property of a North West London gentleman; formerly with a central London gallery in 1990. Fine condition.
3rd century AD. A round-section gold hoop with facetted shoulders, discoid bezel with stepped inner cell, inset carnelian cabochon with intaglio bust of Mars (Ares) bearded with crested helmet. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L. Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 218 for type. 8.94 grams, 28mm overall, 21.62x16.91mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12) (1"). Ex the property of a Mayfair gentleman; acquired on the London art market. Dr Bonewitz notes that this is a particularly fine piece of carnelian. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Very fine condition. A large wearable size.
14th-10th century BC. A large triangular Bronze Age spearhead with rounded tip, median ridge and round-section tang, rounded shoulders with thickened sections. Cf. Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tuebingen, 2006, p.628, Cat.275, inventory no.25383/8380. 548 grams, 41cm (16.25"). From an old English collection; acquired on the UK art market before 1970. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
2nd millennium BC. A narrow bronze dagger with lentoid-section blade, crescentic lower guard, round-section grip with collars, rosette pommel. See Godard, F. The Art of Iran, London, 1965, item 90 for type. 240 grams, 33.5cm (13 1/4"). Private collection, London, UK; formerly with Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s. Fine condition.
3rd-4th century AD. A gold hoop formed as a median beaded band and two flanking plain bands, discoid bezel with beaded wire rim, cell with inset glass cabochon, intaglio bird with stalk. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L. Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 219 for type. 3.47 grams, 22mm overall, 19.04mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 9, Europe 19.69, Japan 19) (1"). Property of a Suffolk lady; acquired on the UK art market. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
12th-14th century AD. A bronze hollow-cast laver spout formed as a dog's head with D-shaped ears and angular muzzle, pipe issuing from the mouth; old collector's inked acquisition number '37' to the inner face. 111 grams, 82mm (3 1/4"). Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the London art market. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
1378-1389 AD. A discoid lead papal bulla of Urban VI with two bearded faces to one face separated by a cross, 'SPA.SPE' above; to the other, 'VRB/ANVS/ PP. VI'. 54 grams, 39mm (1 1/2"). Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the UK art market. Bartolomeo Prignano was pope from 8 April 1378 to his death in 1389, the last to be elected from outside the College of Cardinals. On the death of his predecessor, Pope Gregory XI on 27 March 1378, the city demanded a Roman pope. Prignano was chosen on 8 April 1378 in order to avoid the return of the papal seat to Avignon. The French legates immediately began to conspire against the new pope, who was considered arrogant. He tried to limit the prestige and power of the cardinals and in so doing initiated the Western Schism which divided the Catholic church until 1417. The Italian states failed to stand with Urban against the French-appointed Antipope Clement VII (Robert of Geneva) and several periods of siege and incarceration followed, culminating in his death after a fall at Narsi. Rumours of his deliberate poisoning by political opponents soon spread. Fine condition.
1243-1254 AD. A discoid lead papal bulla of Innocent IV with two bearded faces to one face separated by a cross, 'SPA.SPE' above; to the other, 'INNO/CENTIVS PP. IIII'. 51 grams, 39mm (1 1/4"). Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the UK art market. The early life of Sinibaldo Fieschi is unrecorded, but he had become an authority on canon law by 1226 and was summoned to the Roman Curia where he was Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church for two years and subsequently held several other offices. His immediate predecessor as pope was Celestine IV (elected October 25, 1241) whose reign lasted only fifteen days; prior to this, the papal throne had been occupied by Gregory IX (1227-1241), who had been embroiled in plans to regain lands seized by the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II. When Celestine died unexpectedly, the long-standing difficulty of dealing with this issue resurfaced and a successor could not be agreed for over a year as the various factions contended to have their preferred candidate elected. Innocent's position was precarious as public opinion in Italy swung against him, and he resorted to the French city of Lyons to convene a church council which reluctantly excommunicated the Emperor and relieved his subjects of the duty to obey him. Frederick's death in 1250 allowed a relaxation of the political tensions, the return of the papacy to Rome and normalisation of political relations. Nevertheless, Innocent IV saw himself as the Vicar of Christ and was not reluctant to intervene in secular affairs: he wrote to the Emperor of the Tartars demanding that he become Christian and cease his wars against Europe, but needless to say the Emperor was reluctant to obey and instead insisted that all European rulers should submit to the Khan. Innocent IV died at Naples in 1254 while campaigning against Manfred, the illegitimate son and successor of Frederick II. Fine condition.
10th-14th century AD. A hollow-formed sheet bronze pendant cross with expanding arms; loop hinge to the lower edge, folded edges, applied triangular and cruciform plaques; hinged upper edge with triangular suspension hoop; old dealer's ticket. 120 grams, 22cm (8 1/2"). Property of an Essex, UK collector; acquired London art market, 1960s-1980s; by repute found Nicomedia. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
14th-15th century AD. A tongue-shaped limestone plaque with low relief facing image of St. Peter with beard and nimbus, cross to the left shoulder, '?????C' surrounding (with 'TP' ligature"). 50 grams, 70mm (2 3/4"). Property of an Essex, UK collector; acquired London art market, 1960s-1980s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
9th-11th century AD. A rectangular bone plaque with rounded corners and securing holes, low-relief image of three facing cloaked and nimbate figures, scrolled band above. 34 grams, 71mm (2 3/4"). Property of an Essex, UK collector; acquired London art market, 1960s-1980s. [No Reserve] Fine condition, usage wear.
18th century AD. A discoid bifacial pendant with gold frame and hoop, two links, enamelled image to the obverse of a fabric curtain on a black field and facing nimbate head of Christ; to the reverse three lines of enigmatic Greek(?) text on a white field. 1.80 grams, 28mm (1"). Property of an Essex, UK collector; acquired London art market, 1960s-1980s. Fine condition.
8th-10th century AD. A mixed group of bronze reliquary crosses comprising: an enkolpion with ring-and-dot detailing, hinged upper end, pierced suspension lug; a plate fragment from an enkolpion with four round recesses, facing image of a saint in robed with pellet detailing, legend 'o????C / [....]IO', hinge lugs above and below. 85 grams total, 83-89mm (3 1/4 - 3 1/2"). Property of an Essex, UK collector; acquired London art market, 1960s-1980s. [2, No Reserve] Fair to fine condition.
14th-15th century AD. A flat-section bronze expanding-arm cross pendant with curved outer edges, band of ring-and-dot detailing to the border, central ring-and-dot, hexagonal pierced suspension lug with ring-and-dot detailing. 28 grams, 49mm (2"). Property of an Essex, UK collector; acquired London art market, 1960s-1980s. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
11th-13th century AD. A discoid lead-alloy plaque with polyhedral lug above; to the obverse a facing winged nimbate figure with spear and another object in the raised hands, hatched garments and enigmatic Greek(?) legend to the border; to the reverse, a nimbate bust with opposed pairs of serpent heads. 28 grams, 48mm (2"). Property of an Essex, UK collector; acquired London art market, 1960s-1980s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
16th-17th century AD. A wrought iron stand with corkscrew frame to the sides, to the top scrolling plant motif with applied rosettes, corkscrew finials to the sides and centre; flat shelf with indented edge; scrolling pant motif to the bottom with turned feet and applied rosettes; hinged stand to the back. 1.74 kg, 65cm (25 1/2"). Acquired on the London art market prior to 1980. Fine condition.
Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A pair of knapped stone axeheads comprising: one tongue-shaped with straight edge; one substantial, square in section with curved edge and square butt. 719 grams total, 10-17cm (4 - 7"). Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the UK art market. [2] Fine condition.
Chalcolithic, 3300-2500 BC. A mixed group of 'stargazer' figurine parts comprising: three D-shaped heads, two bodies with leaf-shaped stub arms and a third body with perpendicular arm. See von Bothmer, D. Glories of the Past: Ancient Art from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Collection, New York, 1990. 94 grams, 20-58mm (3/4 - 2 1/4"). Property of a German gentleman; acquired 1980-1990. [6] Fine condition.
Neolithic, 6th-5th millennium BC. A finely polished green jadeite axe with oval section, tapered sides, rounded butt with slightly convex and blunt 'cutting' edge. See MacGregor, Arthur, Antiquities from the Europe and Near East in the Collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, nos.5.11-5.15 for similar specimens from Europe. 113 grams, 70mm (2 3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired from a major Mayfair gallery; acquired on the London art market before 2000. Jadeite axes are thought to have been votive or ceremonial rather than serving as practical tools due to the rarity of the material; their 'cutting' edges are often quite blunt, never intended for actual use. The surfaces of this piece clearly show crossed lines running top to bottom and side to side where it has once been held in a wire frame, at a much later date after manufacture, as an amuletic pendant; similar cases are well known for Stone Age arrowheads (Elf Shot) being worn as pendants from the Viking era to the 17th century AD. Very fine condition; rare.
Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium BC. A ceramic head and upper torso of a female figure, wide round head with small nose and two holes to either side; short arms outstretched, small breasts with incised lines above. 47 grams, 60mm (2 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired from a major Mayfair gallery; acquired on the London art market before 2000. Fine condition.
Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A mixed group comprising: a leaf-shaped polished blade with rounded butt and square edge; a knapped chert blade with square butt and sides, slightly curved edge; a substantial blade, lentoid in section with rounded butt and curved edge; a socketed ground axehead with rounded butt. 959 grams total, 10-14cm (4 - 5 1/2"). Property of a German gentleman; acquired on the European art market in the 1990s. [4, No Reserve] Fine condition, chipped.
Chalcolithic, 3300-2500 BC. A mixed group of carved stone 'stargazer' figurine heads. See von Bothmer, D. Glories of the Past: Ancient Art from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Collection, New York, 1990. 86 grams, 25-40mm (1 - 1 1/2"). Property of a German gentleman; acquired before 1989. [5] Fine condition.
2nd millennium BC. A sturdy bronze chisel with D-shaped blade, chamfered edge, square-section tapering shank with collar behind the blade. See Evans, J. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 188, fig.190. 15 grams, 67mm (2 3/4"). Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the London art market. Fine condition.
1st-3th century AD. A group of bronze items comprising of a flat openwork dragonesque plaque with irregular S-curved body, a plain plaque with dour holes for attachment, a flat leaf-shaped arrowhead. 76 grams total, 42-77mm (1 3/4 - 3"). Property of an American collector; acquired on European art market. [3, No Reserve] Fine condition.
3rd-5th century AD. A pair of Kiev culture bronze pendants comprising: one with two discs with six radiating lobes, red enamel infill, connected by a green enamelled triangular plaque to a thick suspension loop; one with thirteen lobes to the edge, diamond-shaped plaques with red enamel infill and triangular enamel infill to the top with two openwork circles below. 23 grams, 37-47mm (1 1/2 - 1 3/4"). Acquired on the German art market in the 1990s. The Kiev archaeological culture was located in the basin of the rivers Dnieper and Visla between the 3rd and 5th centuries; archaeologists connect this culture with the historical ancestors of the Slavs. However, there are suggestions that in different regions of the Kiev culture the ethnogenetic processes were not the same. In some cases, the Slavic component prevailed, whilst Baltic and others were dominant elsewhere. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
7th-9th century AD. A group of silver items comprising of a flat double-headed beast applique, a pyramid mount with a central flower design, a circular applique with dark purple glass insert, an openwork rectangular belt mount with a griffin. 31 grams total, 15-51mm (1/2 - 2"). Property of an American collector; acquired on European art market. [4, No Reserve] Fine condition.
4th-5th century AD. A large hollow-formed discoid bronze buckle plate with slotted strap curved to the underside, double-domed loop with slots the the inner face; faceted curved tongue with trumpet-shaped finial; three thimble-shaped studs. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item III.7.3.1 for type. 78 grams, 73mm (3"). Property of an East Anglia gentleman; acquired on the London art market. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
7th-8th century AD. A bronze buckle with four opposed horse heads arching back; tear drop pattern to the centre, hook to one end and loop to the other. 20 grams, 45mm (1 3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired from a major Mayfair gallery; acquired on the London art market before 2000. Extremely fine condition.
6th century AD. A pair of rectangular bronze mounts comprising: a buckle plate with raised three-band Style I beast around a central rectangular cell; a raised three-band Style I beast with raised rim. Cf. buckle from Chichester grave 63 in Down, A. & Welch, M. Chichester Excavations 7: Apple Down and The Mardens, Chichester, 1990, p.68. 11 grams total, 23-30mm (1 - 1 1/4"). Property of an American collector; acquired on European art market. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
6th century AD. A very large gilt-bronze wrist-clasp with loops to the rear edge, row of five holes, billetted band, hook to the reverse; above, a triangular panel with median ribbed section and triangular finial forming an integral gusset-plate. See Hines, J. Clasps-Hektespenner-Agraffen, Stockholm, 1993, p.65. 21 grams, 76mm (3"). Acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Wrist-clasps appeared on women's costume in eastern England and Norway in the later 5th century and continued in use until the later 6th. They were used to fasten the open cuffs of women's robes. Typically, they comprise a matched pair of plates, one with a hook to the reverse at one edge and the other with a corresponding slot. Some clasps feature a third, triangular gusset plate above which strengthened the top of the slit and prevented the fabric from tearing. Examples of clasps with an integral gusset are very rare, but Hines illustrates this feature on a suite from grave 75 in the Barrington B cemetery (Cambridgeshire) - his fig.124(h"). [No Reserve] Fine condition, slightly distorted.
6th-7th century AD. A gilt-bronze bowl mount, sub-rectangular with an embossed elliptical panel below the loop, decorated with incised eye and mouth detail, the edges bear incised linear features which extend from the sides of the face onto the plate itself where they are confined within an incised border. Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, p.33. 9.56 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Found Norfolk, UK, before 2000. The features are reminiscent of the 'ancestral' faces on the whetstone from Sutton Hoo Mound 1 where an array of grim masks are portrayed with various permutations of full beards, 'mutton chops' and long hair radiating from the faces. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
6th-7th century AD. A D-section gold hoop with expanding shoulders, the bezel an openwork balustered arcade with granule detailing, discoid plaque with inset cabochon garnet. See Ross M.C. Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Volume 2: Jewelry, Enamels and Art of the Migration Period, Washington, 2005, plate XIV (E"). 5.44 grams, 27mm overall, 17.31mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13) (1"). Property of a European gentleman living in the UK; formerly in a private collection formed in the 1990s. The stone was examined in detail by Dr. Bonewitz who observed: 'A fine quality garnet with a slight purple cast to the red.' Very fine condition.
6th century AD. A silver pendant made from a denarius of emperor Hadrian mounted with a flat-section loop rivetted to both faces. Cf. Hammond, B. British Artefacts vol.1 - Early Anglo-Saxon, Witham, 2009, item 1.6.5-a. 3.10 grams, 22mm (1"). Property of a professional; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s. [No Reserve] Fine condition. Rare.
9th-12th century AD. A large iron key with round suspension ring, square section body with cross and line pattern, round tooth end with openwork section to the centre. 10.54 grams, 75mm (3"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
10th-11th century AD. A silver-gilt pendant with Borre-style beast and integral suspension loop; the openwork plaque with three-band border and four florid panels, internal stylised zoomorphic beast with hatched panel to the hip, gripping hands to the body and border, facing mask below the loop with pellet eyes. 4.47 grams, 33mm (1 1/4"). Property of an American collector; acquired on European art market. [No Reserve] Fair condition, worn.
11th-12th century AD. A large bronze pin head formed as equal-armed cross, in a later restrung necklace comprising of tubular mosaic glass beads, one large silver globular bead; Eastern European workmanship. Cf. Kolchin, B.A., Yanin, V.L., Yamshikov, S.V. Drevnij Novgorod. Prikladnoe iskusstvo i archeologiya, 1985, Moscow, plate 76, item 138. 101 grams, necklace: 38cm, pendant: 10cm (15, 4"). Property of an American collector; acquired on European art market. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
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