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Click here to subscribe16th century AD.A bronze knife-handle, rectangular in section, below expanding to a female figure with rosettes to the hips, bow to the abdomen; pierced by a ferrous attachment rivet; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 60 grams, 11.5cm including stand (4 1/2"). Fine condition.Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired in the late 1980s. [No Reserve]
3rd millennium BC.A group of cylinder seals comprising: a carnelian seal engraved with two worshippers, one kneeling, before a deity (Ishtar ?) standing on the back of a lion; a black stone seal engraved with eight cuneiform characters; a black stone seal engraved with two worshippers in long robes standing before a seated deity; a white stone seal engraved with a hunter holding a bow, large dog or wolf behind, leaping ibex to the front. 21.88 grams total, 18-27mm (3/4 - 1 1/4").Fine condition.From an important London collection, acquired in the 1990s. [4 No Reserve]
Dated 1323 AH (1905 AD").A bronze padlock with barrel and flange beneath, square-section bow, barrel key with screw thread; inlaid niello rosettes and scrolls, calligraphic text to the bow and end including date. 162 grams, 81mm (3 1/4"). Fine condition.Property of a London gentleman; acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. [No Reserve]
359-336 BC. Philipp II, Macedonia mint. Obv: head of Apollo right, hair bound in taenia. Rev: FILIPPOY legend with youth on horse galloping right; MA monogram below. Philipp II, Macedonia mint. Obv: head of Apollo right, hair bound in taenia. Rev: FILIPPOY legend with youth on horse galloping right; no visible symbol or letters. Alexander III, Macedonia mint. Obv: head of Herakles right. Rev: B-thunderbolt-A between club left above and bow and bowcase. SNG ANS 844; Drama hoard 78/SNG ANS 841; Drama hoard 18/Price 375. 17.74 grams total. [3 No Reserve] Very fine.
160-150 BC (overstruck circa 131-129 BC"). Possibly overstruck by Aristonikos (later known as Eumenes III"). Obv: cista mystica with half-open lid, with serpent emerging to left, all within ivy wreath. Rev: two coiled serpents with heads erect to left and right of an ornamented bow-case; BAS monogram applied post-strike at upper left, ART monogram applied post-strike (over the original PER monogram) at centre left, owl standing front in right field. Coin Hoards CH 8.537 140; Kleiner 37; Balikesir hoard (IGCH 1326) for host coin. See Wildwinds.com (this coin"). 11.99 grams. A similar coin was sold by Rome Numismatics, E-Sale 20 Lot 371 Aug. 2015 described as Apameia (but the Apameia monogram was A Pi, not A Rho"). [No Reserve] Good very fine. Rare.
49 BC. Mint in the east moving with Pompey. Obv: Q SICINIVS III VIR legend with diademed head of Apollo right; star below. Rev: C COPONIVS PR S C legend with club of Hercules, arrow and bow, all surmounted by a lionskin with the head in profile. Crawford 444/1a; Syd 939; Sear 413. 3.61 grams. Ex Walter Steinberg collection; with envelope. The late Walter Steinberg was a well-known figure at fairs, sales and events for many years. Born in 1922 in Philadelphia, Walter had a life-long passion for collecting. A long-time resident in London, he retired to New York and decided to pass on the antiquities and coins he had collected over his lifetime. Walter acquired coins and artefacts that interested him, so his collection, although containing some lovely examples, also contained many affordable specimens. Much of the material has been unavailable to the market for 30 to 50 years. Walter sadly passed away in 2015; he hoped that the items he collected would find new homes with the next generation of collectors. [No Reserve] Fine; obverse better.
Dated 1812 AD. Under General Morelos (1765-1815), cast type (possibly later?"). Obv: bow and arrow over branches with foliate cartouche below with SUD between. Rev: Morelos monogram design enclosing 2 R denomination above date. KM# 229. 5.89 grams. Ex Norweb collection (with the famous spider-web envelope); acquired Baldwins. The Oaxaca local emergency coinage resulted from insurgent activity during the Mexican War of Independence, in the south of the country and were intended for redemption when gold or silver became available; some types are thought possibly to be of later date; General José María Teclo Morelos Pérez y Pavón, a former priest, became leader of the Revolution after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811 and was eventully himself captured by the Spanish military, tried by the Inquisition, defrocked and executed for treason in 1815; he remains a national hero to this day. Very fine for issue. Rare.
Late La Tène Period, 3rd-2nd century BC.A pair of substantial silver fibula brooches with wide bow-shaped coiled pin spring, arching rectangular body with knop terminal to one end and band arching under to form the catch plate. For a similar pair of silver brooches see the Hrtkovci hoard, Serbia. 150 grams total, 90mm (3 1/2"). Very fine condition.Property of a London lady; by inheritance; formerly acquired by her father in Europe in the 1940s. [2]
Later 5th century AD. A parcel-gilt silver bow brooch with garnet cloisons to the headplate, chip-carved bow with median rib and niello triangles, ribbed collar and beast-head finial with garnet cabochon eyes, pin-lug and catch to the reverse. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007 item V.3.3. 13 grams, 54mm (2 1/2"). Very fine condition. Property of a private collector; acquired before 1975.
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.
A substantial late 19th century Sheraton revival mahogany bedroom suite dominated by a triple compact wardrobe fitted with an arrangement of drawers, cupboards and enclosed by two mirror plate doors, the matching dressing table fitted with nine drawers and central cupboard of serpentine outline with shield shaped mirror back and further supports, a bow fronted pot cupboard together with a matching washstand enclosed by an arrangement of cupboards and drawers beneath a figured marble top, the whole with high quality marquetry detail, satinwood crossbanding and inlaid detail with cast brass fittings.
A collection of ten Royal Albert Beatrix Potter figures, BP-6a, BP-10A and BP-10b backstamps, including: Gentleman Mouse Made a Bow, Hunca Munca spills the beads, John Joiner, Mother Ladybird, Mr McGregor, No More Twist, Peter ate a Radish, Peter in Bed, Pigling Eats his Porridge and the The Christmas Stocking
A collection of 5 violins including a 3/4 size chinese violin with bow and case, an English violin dated 1908 by James Mustard Nelson, A circa 1900 Dresden school violin, An English violin, probably by George Wainwright, stamped on neck and scroll and a Tyrolean violin d1893 3/4 size with bow and case
Quality late 19/early 20th century elm and burr elm wardrobe, raised bow front double cupboard above four graduating drawers, bevelled mirror glazed doors, floral and shell carved mounts, W214cm, H228cm, D73cm Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
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