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Lot 192
Roman Gold Crossbow Brooch4th century AD. A fabricated bow brooch with square-section transverse arm, three onion-shaped knops with beaded wire collars, scrolled loops to the upper face, rectangular-section bow with beaded wire collar, trapezoidal D-section footplate with notched upper edges; gold hinged pin and catchplate to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 505. 11 grams, 42mm (1 3/4"). From the Maurice Braham and Lord McAlpine collections; formerly in the collection of Henry Mossop, Lincolnshire, UK. This is a rare and unusual example of the highest skill in Roman jewellery making. The catchplate is solid gold; most of the remainder is thick gold sheet beaten over a base metal core, probably bronze. The knobs in particular show numerous tiny hammer marks. This item is accompanied by a positive XRF metal analysis report for the gold from Oxford X-ray Fluorescence Limited. Very fine condition.
Lot 284
Roman Bronze Crossbow Brooch4th century AD. A cast crossbow brooch with transverse arm and three onion terminals, socketted to the forward face and with stepped upper face; deep trapezoidal-section bow with collar; rectangular footplate with catchplate to the reverse, two columns of ring-and-dot to the upper face; hinged pin to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1268. 73 grams, 92mm (3 3/4"). Ex Cornwall, UK, collection. [No Reserve]Fine condition.
Lot 285
Roman Bronze Silver-Inlaid Bow Brooch1st century AD. A cast Hod Hill-type brooch with hinged pin and catchplate to the reverse; the bow inlaid with a silver laurel-leaf motif. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 864. 5.75 grams, 43mm (1 3/4"). Ex Cornwall, UK, collection. [No Reserve]Very fine condition.
Lot 286
Roman Gilt P-Shaped Brooch2nd-3rd century AD. A gilt-iron P-shaped bow brooch with three knops to the headplate, hatched panels to the bow and footplate, transverse ribbed collar beneath the bow, returned foot and catchplate. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, items 1244, 1287. 12 grams, 59mm (2 1/2"). Property of a Hertfordshire, UK, collector; acquired London art market, 1960s-1980s. Fine condition.
Lot 288
Roman Brooch and Artefact Group1st century BC-3rd century AD. A mixed group comprising: a La Tène Type II bow brooch; a P-shaped bow brooch; a miniature votive axe pendant with pierced handle; a lunate mount with pierced plaque; an s-scrolled belt-mount; a lead dice with punched points arranged 1:2, 3:6, 4:5. Cf. Hattatt, R. Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 227; Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1243. 49 grams total, 11-52mm (1/2 - 2"). Property of a North London gentleman. [6, No Reserve]Fine condition.
Lot 289
Roman and Later Bronze and Iron Artefact Group1st-8th century AD. A mixed group comprising: a Roman iron pincer brooch with rectangular bow; two bronze Avar mounts with scroll detailing; an Avar knife bolster with scroll detail to one face. For pincer brooch, cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, items 1270, 1271. 44 grams, 17-141mm (3/4 - 5 1/2"). Ex Burfield collection, Canada; acquired in the 1980s. [4, No Reserve]Fine condition.
Lot 309
Roman Bronze Latch Key2nd-4th century AD. A rectangular-section shaft with tiered ends, annular bow, inset iron shank with angled bit. Cf. Pall, M. Schlüssel und Schlösser, Graz, 2012, item 506. 132 grams, 93mm (3 3/4"). Private collection, North London; acquired in the early 1980s. Fine condition.
Lot 313
Roman Bronze-Handled Lion Key2nd-4th century AD. An iron shank and wards with cast bronze bow formed as a lion resting with head on its forepaws; gussetted collar to the rear with slashed borders. Cf. Pall, M. Schlüssel und Schlösser, Graz, 2012, items 5658, 5978. 299 grams, 12.5cm (5"). Ex European private collection. Fine condition, shank corroded.
Lot 400
Scandinavian Silver-Gilt Brooch Fragment with Mask6th-7th century AD. A Scandinavian cast brooch fragment comprising an arched panel with triangle-punched border surrounding a bearded male mask modelled in the half-round; old silver rivet to one edge and corresponding hole for another. Cf. masks on a disc-on-bow brooch from Sandal, Norway, in Franceschi, G., Jorn, A. & Magnus, B. Mennesker, Guder og Masker i Nordisk Jernalderkunst, vol.1, Borgen, 2005, item 66. 13 grams, 26mm (1"). From a private collection; acquired before 1975; on loan to Ashmolean Museum 2000-2012. [No Reserve]Fine condition.
Lot 475
Scandinavian Vendel Pre-Viking Bronze FibulaLater 5th century AD. A cast `crab` (`proto-animal-head`) bow-brooch with deep bow and short footplate; the headplate formed as a transverse bar with imitation spring detail, domed ends and two curved lateral arms; the bow and arms with linear decoration; catchplate and ferrous accretion from the pin to the reverse. See Magnus, B. Brooches on the Move in Migration Period Europe in Fornvännen Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research, vol.99, 2004 and Hakenback, S. Roman or Barbarian? Shifting Identities in Early Medieval Cemeteries in Bavaria in Post-Classical Archaeologies, vol.1, 2011. 9.83 grams, 34mm (1 1/2"). Property of a gentleman, acquired in 1999 by descent; formerly in a 19th century collection. Very fine condition. Excessively rare.
Lot 706
Greek Gold Bow Brooch with Filigree10th-9th century BC. A bow brooch comprising a rod with coiled spring to each end, trapezoidal catchplate to one end and pin to the other; the bow with three oblate collars, each with filigree coils and granules. Cf. similar derivative Italian brooches in Hattatt, R. Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, items 192, 193. 13 grams, 35mm (1 1/2"). Property of a London collector, acquired before 1980. Extremely fine condition.
Lot 888
Gothic Large Silver-Gilt Bow Brooch PairLater 5th century AD. A matching pair of bow brooches, each with semicircular headplate, deep bow and rhomboid footplate; the headplate with chip-carved scroll ornament, five radiating knops to the outer edge, each with an inset cabochon garnet; the bow v-shaped in section with scroll detail to each face; the footplate with s-scroll detail, six cabochon garnets to the angles, beast-head finial; pin-lugs and catchplate to the reverse. Cf. brooch from Kerch, Ukraine, in Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item I.8.7. 190 grams total, 15.5cm (6"). Property of a London collector, acquired before 1980. [2]Very fine condition.
Lot 889
Gothic Silver-Gilt Bow Brooch Pair4th-5th century AD. A matched pair of bow brooches each with discoid headplate, shallow bow and fishtail footplate; the headplate with radiating chip-carved lines and flat-section radiating lobes, the footplate with concentric fishtail lines; pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse. Cf. Tejral, J. Morava na Sklonku Antiky, Prague, 1982, plate XVIII, items 3 and 6, plate XX, item 5. 30 grams total, 59-60mm (2 1/2"). Property of a London collector, acquired before 1980. [2]Very fine condition.
Lot 893
Merovingian Silver-Gilt Square-Headed Brooch6th century AD. A parcel-gilt cast brow brooch with square headplate, shallow bow and piriform footplate; the headplate with inset cloison garnet and scrolled frame, the bow with heavy vertical ribs, the footplate with a pair of birds framing the central band, zoomorphic terminal; pin-lugs and catchplate to the reverse. Cf. Frankish square-headed brooch from Gondorf, Germany in Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item VII.40.20. 23 grams, 80mm (3 1/4"). From an important English collection; acquired in the 1990s. Very fine condition.
Lot 1520
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III - Bowcase and Club Unit323-310 BC, uncertain mint in Western Asia Minor. Obv: head of Herakles right wearing lionskin headdress. Rev: BASILEWS legend between bow in bowcase right above and club left below, filleted race torch right in exergue. Price 2799; Knight 84. 6.02 grams. Extremely fine. Scarce thus.
Lot 1530
Ancient Greek Coins - Mysia - Pergamum - Philetairos I under Attalus II - Athena Bronze159-138 BC, struck by Attalus II in the name of Philetairos. Obv: bearded head of Zeus left. Rev: FILETAIROY legend with Athena seated left, resting left elbow on a shield at her side and crowning the late king`s name with a wreath in right hand, transverse spear on her right side, A on Phi beneath Athena`s right arm, stylus in outer left field, bow in upper right field. Not in BMC, Munich, Tübingen, SNG Cop, Mionnet, Weisser, von Fritze, Imhoof, Paris etc. See Wildwinds.com (this coin). 10.63 grams. Attalus II is the only Pergamene king on whose coins one sees a stylus in the left field, but this coin, in bronze and with bust left, is probably unpublished. This coin may have been struck in connection with the Great Altar of Pergamum, dedicated to Zeus and Athena, erected by Eumenes II, the father of Attalus II, to commemorate the city`s victory over the Celts by Attalos I. [No Reserve]Very fine. Very rare; possibly unpublished.
Lot 112
Three items of English eighteenth century blue and white porcelain Three items of English eighteenth century blue and white porcelain, circa 1760-1770, comprising; a Worcester cabbage-leaf dish printed with the `Wispy Chrysanthemum Sprays` pattern, 26cm long, hatched crescent mark; a Worcester sauceboat painted with the `Sauceboat Peony` pattern17cm long, blue open crescent mark; and a Bow geranium-leaf butterboat, 9cm wide
Lot 85
A Bow porcelain model of a hussar, probably David Garrick in the role of... A Bow porcelain model of a hussar , probably David Garrick in the role of Tancred, circa 1756, modelled standing on a flower-encrusted plinth base, 15.5cm high Cf. The portrait of David Garrick by James Thomson in the role of Tancred from James Thomson`s play Tancred and Sigismunda painted in 1752.
Lot 92
A Bow shaped rectangular `Quail` pattern tureen stand, circa 1760 A Bow shaped rectangular `Quail` pattern tureen stand , circa 1760, 28cm in length; and a Bow blanc de Chine sauceboat moulded in relief with flowering prunus, circa 1755, 17.5cm in length See A. Gabszewicz and G. Freeman, Bow Porcelain (1982) for a similar example of the sauceboat on p. 45 (no. 48).
Lot 718
Regency mahogany and inlaid bow front sideboard, circa 1815-25, the top having boxwood and ebony tramline inlays, over a central frieze drawer with fan shaped boxwood spandrel inlays, later pressed brass sunflower and ring handles, flanked on either side with a deep drawer and a cupboard door, similarly inlaid, all raised on turned and reeded tapered legs, width 161cm, depth 65.5cm, height 93.5cm
Lot 788
Edwardian mahogany and inlaid display cabinet, with triple bow front with bellflower inlaid frieze in fiddle back mahogany over two bow fronted doors and a central bow fronted panel, opening to three shelves, the doors with inlaid panels at the base over an open shelf supported on tapered square legs with spade toes, width 122cm, height 178cm
Lot 1429
A lady's rose diamond set, keyless wind, openfaced fob watch, with an unsigned jeweled gilt cylinder movement, the enameled dial with black Roman numerals, the case back, the suspension bow and the scroll pierced surmount mounted with rose cut diamonds, (one rose diamond lacking from the case back and one rose diamond lacking from the brooch).
Lot 1764
A violin, interior paper label reads 'Petrus Guarnerius Filius and Fecit Mantua Anno 1757', back measures fourteen inches minus button, with bow and hard case, together with another violin, interior paper label reads 'A Egidius Kloz in Mittenwald an der Ifor 1706', the back measures 13 3/4" minus button, with two bows and a walnut case (2).
Lot 496
A late 19th/early 20thC AB 1362 3¼ bisque headed doll, with a brown wig, sleep eyes in blue, open mouth showing teeth, articulated composite body with open back, perhaps once fitting a musical mechanism, original linen and undergarments, with a pink bow and early brown leather boots and socks, impressed marks verso, 65cm high.
Lot 87
An Edwardian Suffragette pendant brooch, set with diamonds, emeralds and amethysts, of pierced form centred with a bow, the oval set central stone surrounded by small emeralds, above a further bow and a drop stone, with a chain back, white and yellow metal backing, unmarked, 8.5cm high, fitted in C A Barrington case.
Lot 1764
A violin, interior paper label reads 'Petrus Guarnerius Filius and Fecit Mantua Anno 1757', back measures fourteen inches minus button, with bow and hard case, together with another violin, interior paper label reads 'A Egidius Kloz in Mittenwald an der Ifor 1706', the back measures 13 3/4" minus button, with two bows and a walnut case (2).
Lot 806
A French artillery sidearm with curved single edged blade, length approx 59cm, cast brass hilt with banded grip and `D` shaped knuckle bow (some wear), together with an all steel Eastern sword with straight double edged blade, length approx 71cm, etched with mounted archer`s hilt with drooping quillions.
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