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8th-7th century BC. A multipiece bronze dagger with a wing-shaped hilt, composed of a winged pommel, followed by a hilt with two discoid elements and a half-pyramidal guard, the bronze blade with a broad, flat midrib. See for weapons with a similar wing-shaped handle Stöcklein, H., 'Arms and Armour' in Upham, P., Ackerman, P., A survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present, Volume VIB, Metalwork and Minor Arts, Ashiya, 1964, pp.2555-2585, p.2570; Ghirsman, R., The Art of Ancient Iran from its Origins to the time of Alexander the Great, New York, 1964; Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.384, cat.19. 708 grams, 51.5cm (20 1/4"). Formerly from a late Japanese gentleman's collection,1970-2010. A certain number of Luristan daggers and swords have bronze or iron blades with cast-on bronze hilts. The typology of winged pommel bronze grip is visible on examples in the British Museum and Teheran Museum. Fair condition.

12th-9th century BC. A bronze dirk with an ear-lobed hilt, the handle cast on the blade, the base of the blade engraved with simple geometric designs. Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.381, cat.15-16-17. 302 grams, 36.6cm (14 1/2"). Formerly from a late Japanese gentleman's collection, 1970-2010. This dagger belongs to the type IIIb category from Medvedskaya. The hilt of these dirks was made via the lost-wax method, and there is a chased geometric design at the base of the handle. Fine condition.

6th-5th century BC. A possible Achaemenian or Caucasian dagger with bronze cylindrical handle, ending in a rounded shape, with convex guard. See Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg (2003), in Russian, nos.66, plate X, p.205; on the use of bronze dagger during the Achaemenian age see Vahdati, A.A., 'An Inscribed Dagger at the National Museum of Iran: forged or genuine?' in Iranica Antiqua, volume XLII, 2007, pp.221-227. 655 grams, 41.4cm (16 1/4"). From the Abelita family collection, acquired in London, UK, 1980-2015. The dagger is very similar to a North Caucasian or even Persian daggers found in the Deccan (India), although we cannot exclude a possible later marriage of handle and blade. Fine condition.

13th-7th century BC. A bifacial bronze dirk comprising a tapering blade with channelled midrib running to the tip, square shoulders, integral flanged hilt with raised penannular rib and crescentic pommel, with recessed face to accept an organic insert; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran, The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Germany, 2006, cat 12, for similar, held in the National Museum of Iran in Tehran. 1.1 kg total, 37cm including stand (14 1/2"). Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman; formerly in a private Orange County, California, USA collection; acquired before 1991. Fine condition.

19th century AD. An engraved steel helmet, the surface of the skull decorated with carved flowers and foliage, two inward hollow horns flanking the central devil's head-shaped mount, the front of the helmet with an impressive stylised feline face, two plume holders, the nose guard with lobed extensions at both the extremities; to the front of the helmet and around the rim fastening holes for the chainmail protection; the rim decorated with inscriptions from Qur'an; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. Cf. for similar Indian Khula Khuds see The Wallace Collection, London, The National Museum, New Delhi, and The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, see accession number 3421:1 to:4/(IS) (Helmet, Lahore, early 19th century); for similar Iranian model see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 96.5.125; for kolakhud helmets cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, items 407ff and pp.284ff. 2.2 kg total, 65.5cm including stand (25 3/4"). Property of a Harwich, UK, lady; previously with an Aldeburgh, Suffolk, UK, gentleman; formerly in an old English collection. The kulah khud (Indian term) or Kolahkhud (Iranian term) is the name of a type of helmet used by the Persians, Indians and the Ottoman Empire, consisting of a one-piece metal bowl from which hung a coat of iron mail protecting the back and sides of the skull. This helmet, with its feline face and horns, features imagery inspired by Iran’s national epic, the Shahnameh (Book of Kings), i.e. the tiger-skin headdress and the horned ox-headed mace that were the distinguishing arms of the hero Rustam. The top of the helmet, originally fitted with a sharpened point, was substituted with a mace head with a demon’s face (Gorz), to frighten the enemies. Holes were made in the devil's mouth and nose to facilitate a whistling noise, believed to have a nearly hypnotic or frightening effect on the opponent. Fine condition.

Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, c.2500-1500 BC. A large Permio-Triassic new red sandstone block of roughly triangular shape with one broad face showing pecked ‘cup-and-ring’ and other marks including the main element comprising a central circular ‘cup’ enclosed within four concentric pecked rings extending to approximately 23cm in diameter; from the centre of this element extends a straight linear ‘gutter’ some 26cm long aligned directly towards the pointed top of the block and terminating in another ‘cup’ depression with pecked half ring above; in addition, several peck mark areas are seen below the main ‘cup-and-ring’ element. See Beckensall, S., Prehistoric Rock Art in Britain Amberley, 2009; Morris, R. W. B., The Prehistoric Rock Art of Great Britain, Prehistoric Society 55, pp.48-88; Nash, G. H., Mazel, A. and Waddington, C., Metaphor as Art: The Prehistoric Rock-art of Britain, Archaeopress, 2007, pp.175-203; Wakeman, William F., Archaeologia Hibernica - A Hand-Book of Irish Antiquities, Dublin, 1891, figures, pp.32-34, showing very similar marks on stones found in County Donegal (copies of these included with this lot"). Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference HESH-43C477; Whitchurch History and Archaeology Group news letter, Spring 2021; see Nash, G. H., Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historic Society, forthcoming. 56.7 kg, 64cm (25 1/4"). Found whilst excavating a driveway in Whixall, Shropshire, UK, by James Dowley on 16 June 2018 in a peat deposit at a depth of one meter; accompanied by a copy of the Portable Antiquities Scheme report number HESH-43C477 with discussion by Dr George Nash; a report including X-ray images by Peter Reavill, British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme; and a copy of Spring 2021 Whitchurch History and Archaeology Group news letter where this piece is featured; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10831-178319. The oldest piece of art ever discovered in Shropshire. Megaliths and other stones that have been enigmatically decorated with pecked cup-and-ring and other marks are well known in the British Isles and in Ireland, as well as in some areas of mainland Europe. They appear where the local geology provides a source of material or where erratic boulders, left behind when the glaciers retreated at the ending of the last Ice Age, are found. Examples have been discovered in Northumberland, Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Cumbria in northern England but this appears to be the first example ever to have been found in the Shropshire area; others are known from Scotland and Ireland. The purpose or meaning of these markings remains uncertain but it has been suggested that they could have been placed on boundary markers, on stones used in chamber tombs or have been connected with sacred sites. The design of a central cup depression surrounded by four concentric pecked rings appears quite frequently, at sites spread across Britain and northern Europe; some are on pillars or standing stones, others on very large in-situ boulders; many show very considerable weathering from being exposed on the surface for millennia. The base of this piece appears to be less eroded and patinated than seen to the other surfaces so it has been suggested that this could be the apex of a standing stone monolith. It has been stated by Nash that the closest parallel to the Whixall Stone is seen with the Llwydiarth Esgob Stone, now sited away from its original context, in a private garden. [A video of this lot can be viewed on the Timeline Auctions website] Fine condition, weathered. Unique and a find certainly of regional and possibly of national importance.

10th-11th century AD. A triangular-shaped bronze pommel, its lower edges convex and open, the outer faces divided into five lobes, increasing in size from the edges to the centre, each separated from its neighbour by a groove; the central lobe with an oval-shaped perforation on the upper face for the tang to pass through. Similar examples have been recorded on the PAS, including IOW-B4598E, LVPL-C0264A, BERK-4E7837, BERK-A7A6C1, NCL-6ACEB3, SF-D241B4, KENT-FF5D6C, WMID-054E94, and SOM-62AFCC; for a sword with a similar pommel see Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Suffolk, 2002, p.102; of type L, p.80. 58 grams, 55mm (1"). Property of a Kent, UK gentleman; found Ivychurch, Kent, 2020; accompanied by a copy of the relevant Portable Antiquities Scheme report no.PAS KENT-FF5D6C. This is an example of Petersen's Type S pommel sword, a fusion of Anglo-Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon fashions, usually dated to the 10th or 11th century. The marked boat shape, however, could refer also to sword of type L. Fine condition.

11th century AD. A copper-alloy chatelaine chain made of twenty-four interlaced segments and twenty-four rings, the segments decorated by dots, at the top a larger ring with two attached amulets, the first with a dragon inscribed in a grooved circle, the second with an openwork image of an anchor. See Tvauri, A., The Migration Period, Pre-Viking Age, and Viking Age in Estonia, Tartu, 2012, p.172, fig.43. 40.3 grams, 73cm (28 3/4"). From a central London collection; previously in a European collection formed 1979-1989. From the beginning of the 11th century, chatelaine chains were accessories to the belts of both women and men. These consisted of two or three rods with loops at the ends, and were sometimes wrapped in bronze wire. [No Reserve] Fine condition.

1st century BC-2nd century AD. A larger than life-size marble head of god Apollo, depicted in the style commonly known as Apollo Giustiniani type, the head slightly inclined towards the right and long hair gathered into a complex coiffure, tied into a topknot over the forehead with strands of hair falling symmetrically onto the forehead and temples, as well as on the neck, the locks dressed around the head leaving the earlobes uncovered, and pulled into a sumptuous chignon behind the neck; the face with fleshy, round cheeks with high cheekbones, almond-shaped eyes with thick half-closed lids, straight nose and slightly open mouth with plump lips; mounted on a custom-made display stand. See Brunn, H., Griechische Götterideale in Ihren Formen Erläutert, München, 1893, pp. 84-95; Furtwängler, A., Meisterwerke der griechischen Plastik: Kunstgeschichtliche Untersuchungen, Leipzig, 1893, pp.338-339; Simon, E.G., Bauschenß, LIMC II, 1984, no.75, pl.307, pp.388-89, s.v.Apollon/Apollo; Smith, A. H., A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities British Museum, vol. III, London, 1904, cat.1547, pp.15-16; Pollitt, J.J., Art in the Hellenistic Age, Cambridge, 1986, pp.47-58; Smith, R. R. R., Hellenistic Sculpture, London, pp.240-242. 48.1 kg, 46cm including stand (18 1/4"). From an important English collection; formerly in a private Belgian collection, since the 1990s; accompanied by an academic expertise by Diana Mroczek; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10736-177468. Right after the intense spoliation of Greece by the victorious Rome, the demand for copies of Hellenistic art was growing, especially for decorating newly constructed buildings across the Empire. The character of this sculpture suggests that it was created for a building of leisure character, such as theatre or baths, where the eponymous copy was discovered. The head of Apollo presents the type Giustiniani, best known from the sculpture displayed in the British Museum that is a nearly identical copy of this sculpture. It was suggested that the type has been created in the late 4th century BC, after Alexander the Great. The sculpture bears archaic features, most likely applied by the Roman copyist. They are visible in the sharp-edged features and general composition of the sculpture, one which Furtwängler associates with the sculptor Kresilas, active in the 5th century Athens. The sculpture bears resemble to the Lysyppian School, particularly its portraits of Alexander, or the head of Helios from Rhodes. This iconographic type takes its name from the Giustiniani family of Rome, who first owned the copy held in the British Museum. The type, frequently compared with Apollo Belvedere, shows a contrasting expression. Where Belvedere presents the god in the active pose of a noble warrior, the Giustiniani type is focused on the artistic, more ethereal aspect of the god of music and poetry. The sculpture is the copy of a lost bronze original made possibly as early as in the 5th century BC. [A video of this lot can be viewed on the Timeline Auctions website] Fine condition.

Bronze Age, Luristan, a Spear Head, c. 1,000-800 BC, 30cm long by 44cm wide, leaf-shaped with raised central rib and extended tang. Very fine, with a light earthy deposit overlaying a green patina £120-£150

2nd-1st millennium BC. A mixed group of two Bronze Age sheet-bronze figural idols comprising: a standing stocky figure with bent knees, arms held by sides and tapering to a point, repoussé dots around the perimeter, creating facial details and a neck ornament; a slender standing figure with legs slightly parted, repoussé detailing to head, face and neck ornament. 7.4 grams total, 58-78mm (2 1/4 - 3"). Property of a gentleman from Vienna; from his private collection formed since 1970. [2, No Reserve] For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price Fine condition.

c.8th century BC. A copper-alloy rectangular belt-clasp with embossed openwork design in the centre surrounded by a wide squared border decorated with seven bosses and a hook, the design in the centre consisting of an ibex facing left, the animal has a concentric ring design running from the back to the head with two long curved back-facing horns; mounted on a custom-made display stand. See Curtis, J.E. & Kruszynski, M., Ancient Caucasian and Related Material in The British Museum, London, 2002. 106 grams total, 80mm including stand (3"). Acquired on the 6th November 1988; formerly with F.N. Nejad Zurich, Switzerland. In the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age there were flourishing cultures throughout Transcaucasia, often with close links to the Koban culture but also with distinctive local features. These included the Koban-Colchian culture in western Georgia, the east Georgian culture, and the Ganja-Karabakh culture based in Azerbaijan. Brass belt clasps of this distinctive kind have only been found in the Caucasus and Transcaucasia, made from cast metal. They may imitate plaques of thin gold or silver, decorated with twisted wire and filigree, which would have been nailed at the corners to wood or leather backings. Fine condition.

Tang Dynasty, 618-907 AD. A ceramic horse modelled in the round standing on an integral rectangular base; the horse's head and neck bent low, whilst the animal grooms its left foreleg with its teeth; finely executed semi-naturalistic anatomical detailing to the mouth, muzzle, head, eyes, legs and hooves; short tail dressed and tied with a ribbon, cropped mane in immaculate bunches, moulded saddle with saddle cloth, harness with discoid pendants; remains of painted pigmentation. See The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1985.214.138, for similar. 8.5 kg, 51cm (20"). From a West Country, UK, collection; formerly with a Bath, UK, gallery, 1990s; accompanied by a positive Kotalla Laboratory thermoluminescence report no.38CM180321; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10836-178531. For centuries in China, geopolitical realities made horses 'the foundation of military might, the great resource of the state.' The Chinese used horses to pull war chariots from the Shang dynasty (c.1600 BC) onwards, and deployed mounted riders against their enemies from the 4th century BC onwards. Placing representations of horses in tombs was a practice in China from the Bronze Age, with ceramic figures being the most frequently discovered burial artefacts between the Han and Tang periods, with carvings and paintings appearing on the spirit roads leading to imperial tombs and in tomb murals, with some even capturing the likeness of specific animals when they were alive, creating a symbolic equality between rulers and their horses. Tang representations of horses symbolised the military prowess of the dynasty and the power and status of the owner of the equine figure. Riding itself was a privilege- an imperial edict issued in 667 AD prohibited artisans and tradesmen from riding horses, whilst the aristocracy rode to hunt, for sport and for pleasure. Finely modelled.

a pair of japanese bronze vases circa 1850's having had some minor repair work but in generally good condition for there age. 25cms in height

FOUR BUDDHIST BRONZE HEADS of various sizes and styles Tallest 26cm high Condition: Minor signs of wear commensurate with age and use

Pair of late 19th Century patinated bronze candlesticks, modelled as winged angels with urns atop of their heads,18cm highCondition report: Basically sound. The wings are fixed by screw to the back which is slightly loose on both. Some wear to high points commensurate with age.

19th Century Continental bronze of a peasant boy carrying a nest of chicks in his hat, on naturalistic base, 22cm highCondition report: Appears to be sound. Some rubbing to highlights commensurate with age.

Effects belonging to Revered D. Hedley Gillan, BD, comprising; India General Service Medal 1895-1902 with Punjab Frontier 1897- 98 and Tirah 1897-98 clasps, engraved in running script (Rev. D.H. Gillan. 1st Bn. Bord: Regt. Eccel Dept) yellow metal stamped 15ct medallion inscribed ‘Cathkin Braes Golf Club Medal 1893-94 Rev. David Gillan, 7.36g gross approx, silver medallion inscribed ‘Madras Golf 1919 Calcutta Medal’, sponsors mark of William Adams Ltd, Birmingham, 1912, bronze ‘Class of Fine Art 1905-06’ medallion and two AYR Academy medallions dated 1885, one ‘Hamilton Medal For Classics’ the other ‘Rectors Medal For Greek Testament’, all casedCondition report: Case lid on Fine Art medallion is loose. Two plated medallions both have light scratches, the circular decoration to one has become loose, but is present, and the lids on the cases are slightly loose. Gold medallion having scratches present in various places. Silver medallion is tarnished, with scratches present in places. Medal - surface wear and scratches present, with light scratches present. Slightly loose from bar.General condition consistent with age. Please check the extra images on our website, which may show some condition issues, or call department for more information.

An unusual Bronze Bedfordshire Regiment plaque, pre-1919, 10cm wideCondition report: Some small dints and minor wear throughout consistent with age and use.

A Qing Dynasty 19th Century Chinese bronze lidded censer ding prayer bowl / incense burner having Foo dog finial with pierced decoration. The burner of squat globular form with shaped handles and being raised on tripod supports. Wear commensurate with age, overall a good example. Measures approx; 12cm x 13cm diameter.   

A 19th Century Victorian cast iron photo frame of decorative bronzed effect form decorated with moulded cherubs and floral swags with central glazed section. Folding tripod leg to the back with impressed RD No 2 to the verso. Wear commensurate with age mostly to the bronze effect, overall good. Measures approx; 36cm x 23cm.   

World Travel Journal.- [Townshend (Edward Lee, Captain, Cheshire Regiment and Cheshire Yeomanry, married Mildred Henrietta Cholmondeley, d. 1938, son of Edward Townshend, 1835-85, of 26 Hyde Park Gate and Wincham Hall, Cheshire, 1868-1914)] Travel journal of seven voyages to the Canary Islands, Spain, Egypt and the Holy Land, West Indies, "Round the World" (including India, Hong Kong, Japan and Canada) and Algeria, autograph manuscript, together 111pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, original half calf, slightly rubbed, 4to, 1889-97.⁂ Voyages to the Canary Islands, Spain, Egypt, the Holy Land, West Indies, India, Hong Kong, Japan and Canada.West Indies. Trinidad. "Feb.r 9 & 10th [1894] Drove about the island, up the Merivale [Maraval] Valley, & the Chinese Gardens... . Febru. 12th. Sir Napier [Sir Frederick Napier Broome (1842-96), colonial governor] & Lady Broome asked us to a lawn tennis party: Govt House is the finest in the West Indies. It boasts a magnificent ball room, & the house itself is both large and airy... . Feb 13th. Drove with the Bishop [James Thomas Hayes (1847-1904), Bishop of Trinidad & Tobago 1889-1904] to the Jacarigua Orphanage: All the schools seem excellently managed. The masters generally agree that up to the age of 15 the children compare most favourably with those of the same age in England... ."Japan. "April 7. [1895] Train to Nara & put up at our first teahouse. Went to the Dai Butsu temple with a bronze statue of Buddha 58 ft in height, the Kazuga temple where the Shinto priestesses perform the sacred dance & a sacred pony eats his dinner out of a polished brass manger. April 8. Ricksha to Kioto... Yaami's Hotel stands high looking down on the town with fir clad mountains behind; cherry trees everywhere in full bloom, flowers double, very large & all shades of colour from white to pale pink & deep red. There are 40 different kinds, one drooping like our weeping willows, very graceful. The curious shaped arches in either wood or stone in front of every temple stand for a letter or sign in Japanese meaning Heaven."

Celtic Strap Fitting Circa 1st century BC- 1st century AD. Copper-alloy, 11.63 g, 35.78 mm. An Iron Age bronze strap fitting decorated with panels of red and white enamel.

Late Bronze Age Socketed Axe.  Circa, 1000 B.C. Copper-alloy, 99.89 mm. A square-mouthed socketed and looped axe with double banded collar. Ref: S. M. Price, Bronze Age Metalwork. p. 53. fig, 19 a. 

Mixed Artefacts.A collection of British found artefacts including, Bronze Age beads, Roman brooches, Medieval casket keys, a vessica seal matrix and other items. 

Late Bronze Age Axe Head.  Circa, 1000-800 BC. Copper-alloy, 59mm x 37mm, 110.3g. A small cast bronze socketed axe head of the Stogursey type, Needham, period 7. For similar, see. Ref: PAS: NMGW-C33C2D.

Bronze Age Axe.  Circa, 2000 BC. Copper-alloy, 68mm x 26mm x 9, 64.2g. A small cast bronze flat axe. Ref: S. Needham Chronology and Periodisation in the British Bronze Age. Acta Archaeologia, vol 67, pp121-140.

Bronze Age Socketed Hammer. Circa, 1000-700 BC. Copper-alloy, 68mm x 23mm x 20mm, 104.1g. A scarce tool from the British Bronze Age with very few examples recorded. For similar, see. Ref: PAS. NMS-7D35CC.

Bronze Age Chisel  Circa, 2000 BC. Copper-alloy, 70mm x 11mm, 7.0g. A cast bronze tanged chisel with straight sides. The sides expand to form the cutting blade at one end and tapper to a point at the other.

Late Bronze Age Piece Circa, 1000 - 100 BC. Copper-alloy, 29.16 g, 57.62 mm. An unusual piece dated by PAS, middle Bronze Age to Iron Age. As yet unidentified but believed to be a chape or pommel. Moustache-shaped with a central fixing hole and recessed panel. Ref: see PAS: NARC-6A4546, LVPL-B000C6.

Bronze Age Artefacts A selection of axe fragments and a socketed gauge.

Late Bronze Age Socketed Axe.  Circa, 1000 B.C. Copper-alloy, 99.56 mm. A square-mouthed socketed and looped axe with double banded collar. Ref: S. M. Price, Bronze Age Metalwork. p. 53. fig, 19 a. 

Celtic Knife Handle. Bronze, 25.27 grams. 46.55 mm. A rare piece of Iron Age metalwork. The piece is curved on the outer edge and tapers to a point resembling a horn. The back edge is straight with a small projecting stylised animal that tapers to meet the inside of the curve forming a perfect finger grip. On each side the piece is decorated with pierced scrolled tendrils in a typical Celtic style. Ref: for similar style see. British Museum: Later Prehistoric Antiquities of The British Isles, p. 62. Plate XIII. Accompanied by an old dealers ticket, found Hampshire.

 Iron age bronze anthropomorphic pendant in the form of a nude male figure wearing a collar or torc with a suspension loop on the back of the neck.1st century BC - 1st century AD. 37mm x 12mm, 14.8g. Recorded with PAS: SUSS-F6B98D.https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/701979

Viking strap end. A very fine cast bronze strap end of waisted, sub-rectangular form with an animal head at the centre and an expanding foliate Ringerike style terminal. The attachment end is split to accommodate the strap and has a single bronze rivet still in situ. Thomas class H, circa 11th century. 41mm, 8.8g. Reference: Thomas, G.; (2000) A survey of late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age strap-ends from Britain.

A CHINESE BRONZE CENSER, GUI, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, cast with deer and prunus against a trellis ground, with twin zoomorphic handles, seal mark to base. 15cm across handlesCONDITION REPORTSurface wear commensurate with age but in otherwise good condition.Provenance: from a local collector. 

A VERY LARGE BRONZE FIGURAL JARDINIÈRE, the lidded two handled urn cast with scrolling foliage, supported by the figure of a putto standing on a naturalistic base, the integral plinth cast with scrolls, masks and shells. 152cm highCONDITION REPORTThe piece is made from bronze. There has probably been some re-gilding at some point. The piece is in generally very good condition commensurate with age.

Olympics Asha Philip signed 6x4 colour photo. Asha Solette Philip , born 25 October 1990, is an English sprinter and former junior gymnast specialising in double mini-trampoline. She was the first British woman to achieve a global 100 metres title at any age-group, winning gold at the 2007 World Youth Championships aged 16. Following a serious knee injury in gymnastics, and a rehabilitation period of several years, she returned to athletics full-time in 2014, winning gold at the European Athletics Championships in the 4 x 100 metres relay for Great Britain, and bronze in the same event at the Commonwealth Games for England. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Russian Niello Silver Snuff Box, The Bronze Horseman. Ivan Kaltikov, Moscow 1836, 58g.Assayer probably Nikolay Dubrovkin (N worn). Engraved niello decoration depicting The Bronze Horseman statue of Peter the Great and Senate Square, St.Petersburg.6.5 cm x 3.9 cmQty: 1Condition report: Good. Minor surface wear and niello loss commensurate with age.

An early bronze age single handled jug, circa 2000 BC, with past treasures certificate

A Bronze age axe head (reportedly verified by the Carlisle Museum)

A Bronze age hammer head (reportedly verified by Carlisle Museum)

A 19th Century Indian beaten silver plated on copper interior water feature as a lily pond in a tapered flared rim bowl 29.8 cm diameter x 20.4 cm high, a 19th Century Chinese carved giltwood mirror stand of figural form 20.5 cm high x 19.5 cm wide, a Chinese white metal teapot of cube form with integral warmer, the exterior embossed with panels of script and floral sprays 11 cm high, Chinese cast bronze mirror or gong 20.5 cm diameter x 4.6 cm deep bears signature or inscription verso and two Chinese painted wooden and iron sandals and a lacquered stand of eliptical form 20 cm long x 9.5 cm deepCondition ReportWater feature - rock with lily leaf on is loose, unknown where this attaches.  Unknown if in working order.  Possibly something missing from one flower head, hole to one petal.  There is a small split to the rim, knocks, bumps etc throughout.  Mirror stand has a breakage, piece present, gilding is worn in various places and coming off.  The teapot is missing its main handle, very dirty to the interior, knocks, bumps etc.  The mirror/gong has verdigris throughout, large knocks to the main front, some form of plaster remnants to back - see images.  Two sandals - leather straps missing off one, the other very brittle, probably later painted with dirt/rubbing etc and the darker sandal is slightly lopsided.  Eliptical stand has knocks, bumps etc throughout.  All items have general wear and tear conducive with age and use and being in poor storage - see images for more details

A rare bronze handled iron headed sailor's axe 34cm long, an antler handled hatchet with a pen knife to handle 33cm long and a rosewood handled battle axe with screw fitted head 46cm longCondition ReportAge unknown.  Items have come from a local deceased antique dealer - see photos for more details.

After Karl Hagenauer (1898-1956) for Werkstätte Hagenauer Wienpair of miniature bronze birds, unmarked, 3cm high (2)Condition report: Overall scuffs and marks to both, loss to the finish throughout, consistent with age and use.

Art Deco WMF (Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik)'Ikora' patinated bronze and glass fish table lamp, stamped near the base, 28cm high excluding the later glass shadeCondition report: Glass shade with chips all around the edge and some small cracks also. The lamp needs rewiring. The glass fish has some stress cracks due to the manufacture. Overall wear and some small chips to the patinated bronze base, consistent with age and use.

An outstanding Great War 1918 ‘Battle of Epehy’ D.C.M., 1917 ‘Battle of Cambrai’ M.M. and 1918 ‘Western Front’ Second Award Bar, Belgian Croix de Guerre group of six awarded to Sergeant F. L. Livings, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment, an ‘Old Contemptible’ who was bombed, bayoneted, shot and gassed during the course of his distinguished service on the Western Front Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (23186 Sjt: F. Livings. M.M. 9/Essex R.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (23186 Cpl.-Sjt: - F. Livings. 9/Essex R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (7433 Pte. F. Livings. 2/Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (7433 Sjt. F. Livings. Essex R.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, good very fine (6) £3,000-£4,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 18 February 1919, citation published 10 January 1920: ‘For most conspicuous gallantry and initiative. On 24th September, 1918, the enemy made a determined attack on our positions east of Epehy, and succeeded in entering our trench. He immediately collected a few men with bombs and a Lewis gun and rushed forward, bombing the enemy, who fled towards their own line. He thereupon seized the Lewis gun and advanced along the parapet, firing on the enemy, who left a machine gun and thirteen dead.’ M.M. London Gazette 19 March 1918. M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 12 June 1918. Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 12 July 1918. Frederick Louis Livings was born on 8 January 1888 at North Weald, Essex, and attested for the Essex Regiment on 2 January 1903 at Warley, Essex, declaring himself to be aged 18 years and 11 months. He deserted in September 1903 and, following conviction, forfeited his prior service and recommenced his service from 15 October 1903. Livings served with the 2nd Battalion in Malta from April 1904 to March 1906, where he was hospitalised with enteric and continued to be the subject of regular entries in the Regimental Defaulter Sheet, his catalogue of offences ranging from neglect of equipment and absenteeism to drunkenness and insolence. Returning home he was transferred to the Section B Reserve on 14 October 1906 having completed 3 years of qualifying service and yet still only 18 years of age. Mobilised for duty in 1914 following the outbreak of war, Livings disembarked on 24 August at Havre, France with the 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. He was appointed Acting Corporal on 4 September 1914 and Acting Sergeant on 21 October 1914 seeing action with his battalion at Le Cateau, the Marne, the Aisne and Messines during the opening months of the war. On 13 May 1915 he received bayonet wounds to the stomach and a gun-shot wound to the left thigh during the 2nd Battalion’s successful counter-attack near St. Jean on a 1000 yard frontage of front line from Shelltrap Farm to Fortuin-Weltje Road. John Burrows in his history of the 2nd Essex records how, ‘within ten minutes (8.30am) A and B Companies moved forward, the attack being splendidly carried out in quick time and marked by great dash and determination. Subjected to shrapnel and high explosive shell-fire, they reached the ridge, when heavy machine gun fire swept them, but they never faltered. Within 300 yards of the objective the men charged at the double. The counter-attack of the Essex was carried out in full view of the London Rifle Brigade, who stood up in their trenches to cheer as the Pompadours went forward. The casualties were 37 killed, 94 wounded and 49 missing.’ Hospitalised at Versailles and then repatriated via Hospital Ship to England, he was discharged to light duty with the 3rd Battalion and underwent an operation to extract shrapnel from his abdomen in November 1915. Upon recovery, Livings rejoined his regiment with the B.E.F., disembarking in Boulogne on 20 July 1917. Posted to the 9th Battalion, he proceeded to the front and joined his battalion for duty on 16 August. He was promoted Sergeant (A Company) on 11 December 1917, immediately after his battalion’s participation in the Battle of Cambrai and was awarded the Military Medal, his M.M. being published in an edition of the gazette which almost exclusively carried awards for the Cambrai operations. The battalion war diary’s report of their attack on the Hindenburgh Line on 20 November 1917 during the Battle of Cambrai emphasises the difficult work carried out by A Company, of which Livings was a Platoon Sergeant, and contains the following extracts: ‘On 20 November 1917 the Battalion, in conjunction with many other troops, took part in a large attack on the Hindenburgh Line in co-operation with tanks. One company of tanks, i.e. 12 tanks, were allotted to the battalion for the operation. All 4 companies were in the first wave. Our objective was two line of trenches in front of the Hindenburgh Line known as Bleak Trench and Barrack Support. Zero was set for 6.30am. At zero-10 the tanks started and a heavy barrage was put down on all the enemy trenches and batteries. All Companies after this delay [initially some tanks became stuck] reached and consolidated their objectives. Many Boches were killed or captured and in addition a vast supply of all kinds of ammunition and stores including heavy mortar, two medium, three heavy M.G.s and two light light ones and several grenaten-werfer. The Boche made no immediate counter attack. ‘A’ Company under Captain Capper had the most difficult consolidation but this was well carried out by this officer.’ A few months later Livings received a Second Award Bar to his M.M and the Belgian Croix de Guerre; these awards are likely to have been made in connection with the 9th Battalion’s robust defence of the line at Albert, 26 March - 9 April, during the German Spring Offensive on the Somme. Severely wounded in the field on 13 July 1918, he was hospitalised for some time at Rouen and rejoined his Battalion on 9 September. On 24 September 1918, during the Battle of Epehy, Sergeant Livings repulsed a German attack on the Battalion’s trenches and was recognised with the award of the D.C.M. The uncensored post war citation revealing the date and place of the action. The Battalion war diary for the day in question adds further detail: ‘At 3am the enemy again attempted to take our front line in the vicinity of Heythorp Post and Little Preill Farm. One battalion of the 3rd Guards Division advanced on our trenches and entered them between the posts, Sgt. Livings of ‘A’ Company with 2 or 3 men ejected them causing many casualties to the enemy’. Badly wounded again on 28 September, he was admitted to a field hospital with severe bomb wounds to the head, face and right thigh. He returned to England once more on 2 October 1918 to recover and was discharged from hospital on 14 October, returning to light duty once more. Sergeant Livings was discharged on the termination of his period of engagement on 31 March 1920, his pension accounting for service aggravated deafness, abdominal gunshot wounds, gunshot wounds to left thigh, concussion, bomb wounds and shortness of breath caused by mustard gas. He died in 1976 at Poplar, London.

A Great War ‘French Resistance’ Allied Subjects’ Medal and Croix de Guerre pair awarded to Madame Jeanne Cleve, who ‘hid 150 British prisoners of war in an attic and guided them to the coast right under enemy noses’ Allied Subjects’ Medal, bronze, unnamed as issued; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, the reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star emblem on riband, together with the recipient’s riband bar, good very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Jeanne White née Cleve was born in Maroilles, France in 1885. Her wartime exploits are summarised in the following article, published in the Thurrock Gazette in 1971: ‘Jeanne White, 86, can be pardoned for drifting into daydreams as she does occasionally, for as a French Resistance fighter, playing a perilous game of cat and mouse in the First World War, she has more than most to remember. Jeanne married a British soldier and came to live in Rosedale Road, Grays, in 1926. The soldier was Alfred White one of 150 British prisoners of war who Jeanne hid in an attic and then guided to the coast right under enemy noses. She lived with her mother and sister in a large rambling farmhouse at Lille. When her father was killed in the Resistance while blowing up a bridge, and she saw her beloved France “shaking under the enemy’s boots” she joined the hundreds of French, members of the underground movement, who devoted their lives to sabotage. “I did it for revenge,” she added, banging a small wrinkled fist on the arm of the chair. Jeanne is a delightful old lady with flashing blue eyes undulled by age, a penchant for cognac and an impressive flow of French invective. She is independent in the extreme and longs for the day she can leave Thurrock Hospital and go back to her home. She has been hospital-bound for a year now because of a fractured hip. She felt she could not kill or handle a gun but suggested to her mother that the farmhouse, which had a huge attic running its entire length, was an ideal place to hide British PoWs while they waited for a boat to cross the Channel to safety. Her mother agreed and soon they had the first group of men hidden and were busy sorting through the clothes that would turn the men into French peasants for their dangerous journey. The clothes were taken along to the farmhouse at night, as was the extra bread which Jeanne persuaded the mayor to give her. “I would accompany the man as wife or sister because most of them could not speak French,” said Jeanne. “We never had any trouble on the journey, although a soldier had to kill two Germans who searched the farmhouse because they found him hiding in the attic.” Of the 150 soldiers Jeanne helped to safety not one of them was caught. “I heard from them all once after the war,” she said. “But that’s all.” “Alfred was one of the last to go,’ she added. “He wanted me to go with him to England - but I was too frightened because I couldn’t speak a word of English - imagine that.” So Jeanne the resistance fighter waited seven years to pluck up enough courage to come to Grays and marry her soldier sweetheart in Grays Parish Church.’ Sold together with wooden glazed framed certificate from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs informing the recipient - ‘Madamoiselle Jeanne Cleve’ - of the award of her Bronze Medal, ‘specially instituted by His Majesty’ - ‘with appreciation of the valued services which you have rendered to British Prisoners of War in the course of the Great War’ ... ‘for the timely help which you gave to our distressed comrades’ ... ‘in recognition of the signal services which you have thus given’ ... ‘as a token of gratitude for such assistance to his subjects’. Also sold with two (identical) portrait photographs of the recipient as a young lady and two more taken in later life; the recipient’s Republique Francaise Passeport a l’Étranger with photograph, dated September 1923; Republique Francaise Sauf Conduit document authorising the recipient to travel from Rouen to Paris on 5 July 1918; the recipient’s marriage certificate, dated 8 May 1926; the recipient’s husband’s birth certificate, dated 27 April 1893; and a newspaper cutting.

The ‘mine rescue’ George Cross (exchange Edward Medal) awarded to Sydney Blackburn, a Shotfirer at the Barnsley Main Colliery, Yorkshire, who guided survivors to safety and gave assistance to injured men after an explosion occurred at the mine in May 1947, killing 9 men and injuring 23 George Cross (Sydney Blackburn 1947) mounted on original investiture pin and in its Royal Mint case of issue; Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued in its Royal Mint card box of issue; together with St John Ambulance Association re-examination medal (A156023 Sidney Blackburn) with 7 dated bars 1954-62, all named, and The Carnegie Hero Fund Trust, certificate on vellum ‘Presented by the Trustees to Sidney Blackburn, Worsborough Bridge, near Barnsley, in recognition of Heroic Endeavour to Save Human Life on 7th May 1947’, extremely fine (2) £10,000-£12,000 --- Edward Medal London Gazette 21 November 1947: ‘The King has been pleased to award the Edward Medal to Harry Crummack and Sydney Blackburn in recognition of their gallantry in the following circumstances:- An explosion occurred at Barnsley Main Colliery at about 12.15 p.m. on Wednesday the 7th May last. Harry Crummack, Chargeman Filler, and Sydney Blackburn, Shotfirer, were at the end of the face away from the resulting flame; Crummack was blown over by a great gust of wind caused by the explosion but quickly recovered and with Blackburn, despite fumes and dust, assembled men who had scrambled from the face and led them to a place of safety. Returning they found a number of injured men to whom they gave assistance and then proceeded through fumes and clouds of dust in search of others. Both men, while taking every reasonable precaution, continued to disregard their own personal safety in their efforts to ensure that none of the victims were left unattended in the danger area.’ Harry Crummack and Sydney Blackburn were both decorated with the Edward Medal by King George VI and an Investiture at Buckingham Palace on 16 December 1947. Only Sydney Blackburn lived long enough for his Medal to be converted to the George Cross, which took place at an Investiture at Buckingham Palace on 8 November 1972, when he received the G.C. from the Queen. Sydney Blackburn was born on 15 July 1908, in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, one of ten children of Samuel and Lucy Blackburn (née Ashmore). Sadly three of the children died as infants, two during the 1926 Miner’s Strike. The surviving children other than Sydney, were Annie, Edna, Samuel, Cyril, Arthur and Olive. Syd, as he preferred to be known, attended St Thomas’ Church School in Worsbrough Dale. At the age of 14, he left school to begin work in the pits, as a tramer for his father at Barrow Colliery. He received no wages for his job, only a small sum from his father, and this enabled him to earn more as he was paid by the tram load. Syd married Norah Jagger in 1932, and they had a daughter, Wendy. Syd soon moved on from Barrow Colliery, and began work at Barnsley Main Colliery as a shotfirer, and it was there that on 7 May 1947, his gallantry action would take place. On 21 November 1947, the London Gazette announced the award of Edward Medals in Bronze to Harry Crummack and Sydney Blackburn. He received his medal alongside Harry at Buckingham Palace in December 1947. Syd returned down the pits at Barnsley Main soon after the incident, and remained in the occupation until an accident left him with a broken neck and lucky to be alive. He had recently become a Deputy and was part of the NACODS Trade Union, and decided that having cheated death, it was time to retire. In 1971, following the change of the Royal Warrant, Syd elected to exchange his Edward Medal for a George Cross. He donated the Edward Medal to Leeds City Museum. In retirement, he enjoyed gardening and spending time with his brothers Sam and Cyril at Barrow Working Men’s Club. Syd passed away on 15 December 1991, in Barnsley and was cremated at Barnsley Crematorium. His ashes were scattered in the North Glade. Sold with a quantity of original documents including named award certificate for Jubilee Medal; Home Office letters advising of award of E.M. and investiture for same; National Coal Board letter of congratulations on award of E.M.; Investiture admission pass; Home Office letter of 11 April 1969, advising of entitlement to a tax-free annual gratuity of £100; Home Office letter of 17 November 1972, advising Blackburn that his Edward Medal, in exchange for the George Cross, has been presented to the Leeds City Museum in accordance with his wishes; 13 contemporary news cuttings concerning the award of the “Miners’ V.C. for Barnsley Main men” and two later ones of him receiving the exchange G.C. in 1972; 23 photographs covering the original investiture, the visit of King George and Queen Elizabeth to Yorkshire in September 1948, on which occasion Blackburn was presented to them both, as well as others of the later investiture in 1972 and various V.C. and G.C. Association ceremonies; a good quantity of Christmas Cards and invitations from the V.C. and G.C. Association to various receptions, reunion dinners, services of remembrance and re-dedication, etc.; together with a signed copy of Allan Stanistreet’s ‘Gainst All Disaster with in excess of 50 V.C. and G.C. autographs.

COLLECTION OF SIXTEEN EARLY 20TH CENTURY UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS MEDALS AWARDED TO DAN MORRISON, comprising nine bronze University of Glasgow medals, one silver and three bronze Scottish Inter-University Athletics medals, and three silver St. Peters A.A.C. Inter Club contest for News of the World medals, circa 1930s, also another silver medal, all cased (17) Note from the vendor: Dan Morrison was born in Ness on the Isle of Lewis. His Mother died when he was 9 years of age. He and his siblings were brought up by loving relatives. He managed to get a secondhand Box Brownie camera, so he started taking photos of life round about him in the 30's, 40's and 50's. He was smart lad so the headmaster at the local school wanted him to further his education. Dan told him he could not afford a suit so the headmaster bought him one. His Father meanwhile had gone to New Zealand to earn a living for the family, so between his Father sending money and the bursary that was available he finished his education in the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway. From there he went to Glasgow University and trained as a teacher. He taught in the city for a while and then war came. He was put into a London regiment which he found quite humourous. A Gaelic speaking Highlander in with Cockney lads, whom he regaled with tall tales! He moved to Oban High School in 1956 and there he stayed until he retired. He and his wife Agnes were married for 62 years and he had one daughter who lives in Canada. His book of photographs was published in 1997 and the local publishing company did a reprint last year. Dan was 98 when he passed away. He always dressed immaculately.

A bronze sun dial, dated 1651, 25cmCondition report: Is complete but the colour is dull and it is aged across most surfaces. The central part is not fixed in place. Difficult to know the age, but looks to have some age. Has a hole in each corner, which looks to have been used to fix the dial in place.

BRONZE AGE DAGGER/SHORT SWORD, with leaf-like shape, ribbed section and short tang, 1200 - 600 BC, 33cm long, with ceritifcate of inspection by Dr. Bonchev

TWO LURISTAN BRONZE AGE ARROWHEADS, 11th-6th century BC, the larger 9cm long, with ceritifcate of examination by Dr. Bonchev

A gilt-metal and bronze model of the Warwick vase, first half 20th century, after the second century and later original, 23cm high, 33cm wideThe Warwick Vase is an ancient Roman (2nd century and partially restored) marble vase with Bacchic ornament that was discovered at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli circa 1771 by Gavin Hamilton. Hamilton, a Scottish painter-antiquarian and art dealer in Rome sold it to Sir William Hamilton from whom it passed to his nephew the 2nd Earl of Warwick form where it takes its name. It is now held in the Burrell Collection near Glasgow, Scotland. Condition Report: Marks, scratches, knocks and abrasions commensurate with age and use. The patination is generally bright. With wear to the gilding. Some of the decorative mounts are slightly loose. The liner bowl with some dents. Please see additional images for a visual reference of condition. Condition Report Disclaimer

A Seljuk Khorasan inlaid bronze Hookah pipe base, of hand held kidney shaped form with plain loop, each side with oval of Kufic script around an oval of a stylised bird, 10cm h overall Generally good with small dents and wear consistent with age

A Japanese bronze temple bell,  the top with zoomorphic suspension ring, the body with three shaped panels cast Kirin, dragons and Komainu, smaller raised mon beneath a floral cast shoulder, 27cm h Generally good, consistent with age

A pair of Art Deco patinated bronze mounted marble book ends, c1930, in the form of a dove on a tiled roof, 12cm w, 10cm h Some overall wear and general degrading of finish consistent with age

A BRONZE FOUR FACED BUDDHA HEAD Four character mark to base, with clear perspex stand 25cm high with stand Condition: Minor signs of wear commensurate with age and use

A BRONZE HEAD OF A BUDDHA AND A SEATED BUDDHA The head on carved hardwood stand; and the seated Buddha in a Dhyana position Buddha head measures 22cm high Condition: Minor signs of wear commensurate with age and use - oxidisation to the interior of the Buddha head.

A QUANTITY OF SILVER PLATED FLATWARE AND UTENSILS To include boxed chopsticks, forks, knives, fish knives, scissors, porcelain handled knives, Thai nickel bronze serving spoons, forks etc. Condition: Minor signs of wear commensurate with age and use