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Lot 137
2015 Rugby World Cup Official Gilbert match ball signed by members of the Japan squad v South Africa, played at Brighton Community Stadium on 19th September 2015,signed in black marker pen by approximately 11 of the Japanese squad, including try scorers Michael Leitch (capt.), Karne Hesketh and Fumiaki Tanaka, Luke Thompson, Kosei Ono, Justin Ives, Ryu Koliniasi Holani, Takeshi Kizu and Yoshikazu Fuijita, mounted in a perspex display case, with an Eddie Jones signed official table plaque for the fixture, signed in black marker pen, the official COA with serialised hologram for the match ball, framed and glazed and a signed match programme by Japan's manager Eddie Jones, (4)Japan defeated South Africa 34-32 in Pool B, finishing third in the pool, and South Africa winning the bronze medal after defeating Argentina 24-13.This match ball was used during Japan's historic first ever victory in an IRB Rugby World Cup, when they defeated the South African Springboks with a famous last minute try scored by Kane Hesketh.
Lot 52
A Fegentri bronze horse racing medallion presented to Luca Cumani,of circular form, obverse with a profile of the horses head, reverse engraved CHAMPIONNAT FEGENTRI 1972 L. CUMANI, stamped bronze 1971, diameter 49mm, inset in a circular hinged case, both in good condition, the medallion with some minor wearFEGENTRI is the International Federation of Gentlemen and Lady Riders. It was founded in 1955 by a handful of enthusiastic amateur riders. The founding members were France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland. Many nations have joined since 1955 and today the membership consists of 25 different countries. It organises three distinct Championships, World Championship on the flat, Amateur Riders Champion Cup and a Jump World Championship.Luca Cumani won the Epsom Moet & Chandon Silver Magnum 'The Amateur Derby' in 1972 on Meissen, trained by Ian Balding.
Lot 566
Czechoslovakia F.A. bronze medal plaque awarded to England's Arsenal striker Cliff Bastin for the international match played at Stadion Letna, Prague, 16th May 1934,of rectangular form, obverse with a footballer in relief and FA C.S.A.F. PRAHA 16.V.1934, reverse is blank, in original fitted case, 53 by 50mm., weight 62gr., both bear minor wearCzechoslovakia defeated England 2-1 in this end of season continental tour match. Fred Tilson scored England's only goal.
Lot 579
French Football Association bronze medal plaque awarded to England's Arsenal striker Cliff Bastin for the international match played in Paris 26th May 1938,of rectangular form, obverse with a female standing holding a wreath and FEDERATION FRANCAISE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION INSTITUTEE LE 7 AVRIL 1919, reverse featuring a football match in relief and FRANCE ANGLETERRE PARIS 26 MAI 1938 and VIS ANIMI CVM CORPORE CRESCIT, 63 by 47mm, weight 100gr., in original green fitted case, each bears minor wearEngland defeated France 4-2 in this end of season tour friendly, with Franke Broome, Ted Drake and Cliff Bastin scoring for England.
Lot 374
6th century BC. A heavy bronze helmet of Archaic Corinthian typology, hammered from a single sheet with round-ended straight nose guard, large eye openings and arched cheek-pieces; the edges with regularly disposed holes for attaching the inner lining; flaring flange at the rear, separated from the cheek-guards by symmetrical angled nicks; remains of a bronze pin for the crest attachment on the bowl and two holes on the neck-guard for fastening the metallic crest on the back; mounted on a custom-made display stand. See Gerhard, D., Auserlene Griechische Vasenbilder, Dritten Teil, Berlin, 1847; Kunze, E., VII. Bericht uber die Ausgrabungen in Olympia, Berlin, 1961; Snodgrass, A.M., Arms & Armor of the Greeks, London, 1967; Pflug, H., ‘Korintische Helme’, in Bottini, A., Egg, M., Von Hase, F. W., Pflug, H., Schaaf, U., Schauer, P., Waurick, G., Antike Helme, Sammlung Lipperheide und andere Bestände des Antikenmuseums Berlin, Mainz, 1988, pp.65-106; for similar helmets see Pflug, 1988, pp.398, 400-402, 404-405. Hixenbaugh, R. and Valdman, A., Ancient Greek Helmets: A Complete Guide and Catalogue, 1st January 2019, p.396, C426. Exhibited at the Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), France, June 2011-April 2020. 2.8 kg total, 29.2cm including stand (11 1/2"). Acquired from Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), France, inventory number MMoCA366 on 23 July 2009; previously on the New York art market, acquired 17 September 2007 from a private collection, Connecticut, USA, who acquired the helmet on the New York art market in 2004; before that acquired from Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Germany, 13 December 2003, lot 113; formerly in a private collection, Cologne, Germany, acquired c.1990; accompanied by a copy of a French cultural passport no.219870 and by an academic report by military specialist Dr. Raffaele D'Amato and a copy of a Art Loss Register certificate number 5112.WW; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10808-178692. The cut-offs at the base of the bowl, which separate the front part from the neck-guard, allow it to be identified in the so-called Myros group of the 2nd stage of the Corinthian helmets, and more in detail to the type with side-nicks (Helmen mit Seitenzwickeln) according to Künze classification. The remains of the crest holder upon the bowl, which should have a parallel holder on the other side, allows us to imagine the crest as formed by a bivalve metallic phalos, as can be seen on various scenes depicting hoplitic fighting (Gerhard, 1847, pl.CCVIII), possibly referring to a commanding rank. [A video of this lot can be viewed on the Timeline Auctions website] Fine condition. A museum-quality display piece.
Lot 375
Mid-6th-4th century BC. A domed bronze helmet of Illyrian typology IIIA, variant 3, raised from a single sheet with cheek-pieces; two parallel raised ridges to the upper face with three incised lines; the smooth edges with a row of punched dots between narrow bands; short rear flange developing behind the curving cheek-protectors, each pierced for fastening of the chin-strap, one pierced with ferrous remains of a javelin tip(?) in situ, the other with a hole in corresponding place; square-cut frontal opening; button holes to the back of the neck-guard and a pierced hole at the front for attaching a crest; mounted on a custom-made display stand. See Pflug, H., 'Illirysche Helme' in Antike Helme, RGZM Monographien 14, Mainz, 1988, pp. 43-64; Connolly, P., Greece and Rome at war, London, 1981; Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 1, London, 2002; Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004; Vasi?, R., ‘Reflecting on Illyrian helmets’, in Starinar, LX, Belgrade, 2010, pp.37-55; for an example of similar helmets see Guttman collection (Christie's, 2002, no.52; 2004, p.80, nos.69,73) which shows the same long cheek-pieces and short rear flange. 2.7 kg total, 30cm including stand (11 3/4"). Private collection, London, UK; acquired on the New York art market 22 May 2013; before that with Christie's, New York, 8 June 2012, lot 69 [US$40,000-$60,000]; previously in the private collection of Mr Thomson Murray Jr., USA, 1985; formerly in a private collection, Southern Germany, 1970s; accompanied by a report by military expert Dr. Raffaele D'Amato, and copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10806-178695.Private collection, London, UK; acquired on the New York art market 22 May 2013; before that with Christie's, New York, 8 June 2012, lot 69 [US$40,000-$60,000]; previously in the private collection of Mr Thomson Murray Jr., USA, 1985; formerly in a private collection, Southern Germany, 1970s; accompanied by a report by military expert Dr. Raffaele D'Amato, and copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10806-178695. The so-called Illyrian helmets, with a rectangular opening for the face, triangular or elongated cheek-pieces and a neck guard, as well as a track consisting of two ridges on the top of the crown for the crest, are archeologically distributed over a large territory – from the Balkan Peninsula, Greece, Italy and along the Adriatic Coast, and as far as the Black Sea region, creating a great diversity of forms, with various types or subtypes. The most widespread and most popular was the late form – Type III, which developed from Type II and dates from the second half of the 6th to the 4th century BC. Its division into Types IIIA with side gussets (‘Seitenzwickeln’, Pflug, 1988, p.52) and IIIB with a round opening cut for the ears is generally accepted. In our type IIIA it is interesting to note the presence of an extraneous iron body which pierced the right cheek-guard, maybe the tip of a javelin that could have caused the death of the wearer. [A video of this lot can be viewed on the Timeline Auctions website] Fine condition, with silky green patina.
Lot 378
9th-6th century BC. A bronze shield facing with carinated conical centre, concentric bands of repoussé geometric motifs, triple pointillé border with four pairs of piercings for attachment to the board; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.6 kg total, 44cm including stand (17 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired on the UK art market after 2000; formerly with a London gallery; previously acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. Very fine condition.
Lot 379
13th-6th century BC. A bronze discoid shield boss, with raised central dome and drilled perforation for attachment to the surface of the shield with a rivet. See Godard, A., Les Bronzes du Luristan, Paris, 1931, pl.XXV, no.75, for a similar but decorated umbo. 140 grams, 15cm (6"). From the Abelita family collection, acquired London, UK, 1980-2015. Fine condition.
Lot 381
10th-7th century BC. A flat-section bronze band tapering to each end; repoussé bosses in three rows with incised guilloche ornament and pairs of attachment holes along the edges. 67 grams, 52.2cm (20 1/2"). From a private collection, Lancashire, UK; acquired on the UK art market; previously in an early 1990s London collection. [No Reserve] Fine condition, repaired.
Lot 382
9th-6th century BC. A complete articulated Iron Age bronze horse bit, formed of two independent arms joined in the centre by a ring; at both ends two further elements similar to the arms of the mouthpiece but of smaller size, each ending with a circular openwork element. See identical specimens in Giannelli, C., Equus Frenatus, morsi dalla collezione Giannelli, Brescia, 2015, figs.60-63. 240 grams, 30cm (11 3/4"). Property of a gentleman from Vienna; from his private collection formed since 1970. It is well known that the Scythians were skilled horsemen. Inhabiting the vast Eurasian plains, and comprising groups such as the Sarmatians and the Alans, or the Huns and Mongols of the following centuries, they based their warfare on cavalry, especially on the extensive use of archers on horseback. [No Reserve] For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price Fine condition.
Lot 384
Late 2nd millennium BC. A substantial bronze sword comprising a broad triangular two-edged blade with shallow point, bifid midrib with splayed upper end, integral penannular guard with stepped profile, columnar grip with ribbing to the lower end, large square-section D-shaped hardstone pommel; the blade's tang forming a spike protruding from the pommel, secured by a wire clip. Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 35, for type. 1.3 kg, 68.5cm (27"). From the Abelita family collection, 1980-2015. Fine condition.
Lot 386
2nd millennium BC. A bronze sword with solid hilt having a penannular guard, a plain circular grip and a conical hollow cast mushroom pommel, the blade multi-fullered and tapering to a sharp point. See typology of such swords in Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, pp.393-396, cat.31-36. 569 grams, 46cm (18"). Formerly from a late Japanese gentleman's collection, 1970-2010. According to Moorey, such swords with mushroom pommels originated from North-Western Iran, as proved by the Amarlu finds. He dates them to the end of the 2nd millennium BC, more precisely to a period between 1400-1200 BC. Fine condition, blade notched.
Lot 387
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.
Lot 388
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.
Lot 390
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.
Lot 393
13th-6th century BC. A tanged bronze dagger of triangular shape with shallow fuller tapering to a pointed tip, the tang forming an extension of the thick midrib with raised penannular spurs. 366 grams, 45cm (17 3/4"). From the Abelita family collection, 1980-2015. Fine condition, tip of tang absent.
Lot 395
13th-7th century BC. A bifacial bronze short sword with waisted blade, full-length midrib, raised crescentic guard and cylindrical openwork hilt enclosing tang; accompanied by a custom-made stand. See Muscarella, O.W., Bronze And Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, item 161, which dates a broadly comparable openwork hilt dagger to c. 1000 BC. 1.3 kg total, 45cm including stand (17 3/4"). Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman; formerly in a Mayfair, London, UK, collection; acquired in the 1970s-1980s. Fine condition.
Lot 396
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.
Lot 397
13th-7th century BC. A bronze dagger comprising a lentoid-section leaf-shaped blade with rounded tip, integral waisted hilt and slender handle with crescentic pommel; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. See Legrain, L., Luristan Bronzes In The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1934, pl.XI item 42, for similar. 1 kg total, 33cm (13"). Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman; formerly in a private Orange County, California, USA collection; acquired before 1991. In Luristan, daggers and dirks produced up until the second half of the 2nd millennium BC were simple bronze or copper blades, comprising tangs attached with rivets to a handle made of a degradable organic material. However, in rare cases such as this example, the handles were metallic, and have thus survived to the present day. Fine condition.
Lot 399
13th-6th century BC. A small bronze axehead comprising a tubular socket with four moulded ribs projecting to the rear; thin blade with reinforced edges, swept profile. Cf. Godard, F., The Art of Iran, London, 1965, plate 13, for type. 295 grams, 17.7cm (7"). From the Abelita family collection, 1980-2015. Fine condition.
Lot 401
12th-7th century BC. A bronze ceremonial tubular-shaped macehead with couchant lions, ribbed cudgel and two rectangular panels of braid detailing, collars to base. See Moorey, P.R.S., Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press, 1971, items 93 and 94 and pp. 90-97, for similar. 404 grams, 18.5cm (7 1/4"). Property of a West Sussex, UK, gentleman; acquired from a private collection, Lancashire, UK, acquired on the UK art market; previously in an early 1990s London collection. It is thought that such items may have been mounted on a shaft as a symbol of rank, perhaps derivative from a true weapon of similar form. Fair condition.
Lot 403
13th-6th century BC. A decorated whetstone comprising: cylindrical stone grinder with rounded end; bronze antelope finial with tubular socket and legs folded to the sides, angled neck, head with curved horns; support strut beneath the chin. See Moorey, P.R.S., Ancient Bronzes From Luristan, London, 1974. 119 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). Property of a North London gentleman; previously the property of a deceased London gentleman, 1970-1999. Fine condition.
Lot 447
14th century AD. A substantial bronze sword pommel formed as a disc with sloped outward faces, pierced vertically to accept the tang of the blade. Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme under reference KENT-D52E6B. 143 grams, 51mm (2"). Property of a Kent, UK gentleman; found Brookland, Kent, UK, 2014; recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme under reference number PAS KENT-D52E6B; accompanied by a copy of the PAS report. Fine condition.
Lot 450
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.
Lot 452
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.
Lot 461
1st century BC-2nd century AD. A bronze V-section cosmetic mortar formed with a bull's head terminal, with detailing to the horns, head and muzzle, heart-shaped plaque forming the terminal at the opposite end, central loop below. See The Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, record id SF-5085B9, for a mortar with broadly similar profile. 36.8 grams, 70mm (2 3/4"). Found in East Anglia, UK. Fine condition.
Lot 463
1st century BC-2nd century AD. A bronze fitting fragment with raised flange and flat plaque, applied disc of La Tène comma-leaf motif in concentric rings. 12 grams, 33mm (1 1/4"). From a North Yorkshire collection formed since the 1980s; thence by descent; found Winchester, Hampshire, UK, in 1995; accompanied by an old dealer's ticket. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 469
1st millennium BC. A bronze horse bridle bit comprising two outer cheek-pieces each with ribbed shank and slotted plates joined by a length of sturdy chain with pendant rings. 390 grams, 19cm (7 1/2"). Property of a gentleman from Vienna; from his private collection formed since 1970. [No Reserve] For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price Fine condition, repaired.
Lot 470
9th-7th century BC. A bronze pyxis with globular body, two handles formed as pierced triangular lugs, waisted cylindrical foot with domed base; lentoid-shaped lid with two 'winged' terminals, pierced at the base, central tapering stem with double-headed creature. Cf. Benaki Museum, Athens, accession number: ?? 7888, for type. 57 grams total, 67mm (2 1/2"). Ex collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman; acquired on the UK art market; previously on the European art market before 2000. The pyxis most likely originates from Northern Greece, fitting a type and style typical of the Geometric Period (9th-7th century BC), with linear motifs to the bodies. The vessels would have been hung, as indicated by their perforations, and could have been used to hold perfume or oils. The 'sickle' type pyxis is so-called because of the shape of its wings, which are said to resemble sickles, but elsewhere these wings have been identified as stylised bird protomes. Fine condition.
Lot 474
6th-8th century AD. An Anglo-Saxon hanging bowl with Romano-British design elements; unusually complete (approximately 70-80% intact) sheet-bronze hemispherical hanging bowl of Bruce-Mitford's type ‘C’ with the rim complete and the bowl's sidewall fragmentary with basal ring and basal mount; the three zoomorphic escutcheons each with an attachment ring; together with fragments of a second circular rim and a fragment of bone; the group comprises:the bowl frame: a sheet-bronze rim with circumferential C-section neck, flat everted rim and partial remains of bowl sidewall with curved profile; the rim frame is apparently complete, albeit with a single horizontal break; also present is one large fragment of upper bowl wall, the top edge relatively flat and coterminous with a section of the rim, the lower edge with a ragged profile; accompanied by a group of four smaller bowl wall fragments;the base: an approximately circular base with slightly dished profile; the interior face with a central circular scar and remains of tinning; exterior with step between base and lower wall; central piercing and circular scar from mount; remains of tinning;the two-part basal mount: a basal collar with concave outer wall, the convex and carinated inner wall decorated with a dense series of incised geometric patterns consisting of alternating panels of cross hatching, vertical lines and chevrons; a discoid mount with central knop to the reverse which fits into the central piercing on the bowl's base; decorative element comprising a palmette-armed cross within roundel, four enamelled circles at the terminals of two of the arms; a second palmette between each arm; central enamelled rectangle with convex sides; bisecting and dashed lines around;three suspension rings: three sub-oval-section rings with circumferential median groove; one ring with three groups of two dashed grooves to both faces; faint remains of the same pattern on a second ring;the escutcheons: three almost identical zoomorphic ‘hook’ escutcheons: (1) complete, with openwork discoid body and animal-head hook; body with La Tène style designs, penannular border housing two teardrop-shaped motifs at the shoulders with hatching, concentric tear-drops within, openwork pelta-sided triangles and semi-circular openwork voids between, two roundels below with beaded borders and central triskele with remains of enamelling, again with openwork pelta-sided triangles above and below; domed collar supporting an animal-head hook with erect ears, pellet eyes and tapering snout, remains of enamelled lozenge on the animal’s neck; remains of tinning; (2) also complete with almost identical decorative motifs (variations in the details of enamelling and tinning); (3) (repaired) with very small fragments absent, minor variations in the design motifs, e.g. hatching rather than pellets to the bottom right roundel and style of the triskele arms, and variations in enamelling and tinning; elements of the decorative motifs on these escutcheons recall c.4th-5th century BC La Tène style;the second frame: six shallow u-section fragments of varying lengths and curving profile, once part of a second circular frame; remains of soldering to one face;the bone fragment: tapering V-section fragment found in association with the bronze ensemble. 560 grams total, 51-68mm without rings; plus the remains of the bowl (2 - 2 3/4"). Cf. Farley, J. & Hunter, F., Celts Art and Identity, London, 2015, item 162, for similar bowl profile; see Pollington, S., Kerr, L. & Hammond, B. Wayland's Work: Anglo-Saxon Art, Myth & Material Culture from the 4th to 7th century, Ely, 2010, pp.279-80, for discussion relevant to dating and use; see archaeological reconstructions of the royal burial at Prittlewell, Southend-On-Sea, England, for an artist’s reconstruction of a burial chamber with a hanging bowl on the wall; see Bruce-Mitford, R.L.S., A Corpus of late Celtic hanging-bowls: with an account of the bowls found in Scandinavia, OUP, 2005; see Geake, H., When were Hanging Bowls Deposited in Anglo-Saxon Graves? in Medieval Archaeology vol. 43, pp.1-18; see The British Museum collection, accession no.939,1010.110, for a very similar basal collar, dated late 6th-early 7th century AD, excavated at Sutton Hoo burial site; ibid for the same bowl profile with the integral folded rim; see museum number 1967,1004.1, for a 7th-8th century AD bowl of the same profile, found Lullingstone, Kent; see The Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, record id. YORYM-05D224, for similar rings dated c.400-c.700 AD; see The Portable Antiquities Scheme, record id. SUSS-F9E7AA, for a similar escutcheon dated 500-700 AD; see The British Museum., Celts, London, 1996, pp.10-11, for an openwork harness disc with very similar 'triskele' motifs; see Laing, J., and Laing, L., Art of the Celts, Thames and Hudson, 1992, item 51, for a similar animal head, particularly the ear, dated early 4th century BC; see Ryan, M. ed., Ireland and Insular Art, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 2002, p.35, item b, for the Chesterton-on-Fosseway escutcheon with a similar cross with palmette terminals (basal mount); other broadly comparable examples of hanging bowls include: The Wilton Bowl (Salisbury Museum); The Winchester hanging bowl, held by the Hampshire Cultural Trust, object number HMCMS:A2007.31.1; The Bagington cemetery hanging bowl, which housed a cremation burial, held by Herbert Art Gallery and Museum; see The Portable Antiquities Scheme, record id. YORYM-6FF21D, for a comparable hanging bowl ensemble. Found while searching with a metal detector by Daniel Watts and Jonathan Dent near Scotch Corner, North Yorkshire, UK; accompanied by a copy of the Portable Antiquities Scheme report number DUR-24F5CC, and a specialist report by Stephen Pollington; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10846-177998. Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme under report number DUR-24F5CC. Mounts: very fine condition, one repaired; plus remains of the bowl. Rare.
Lot 475
7th-8th century AD. A flat-section bronze equal-arm cross mount, four pelta-shaped arms with a recessed panel, Insular style triquetra knotwork motif to each panel, the centre with a spiral trumpet motif. See Metropolitan Museum of Art, Treasures of early Irish art, 1500 B.C. to 1500 A.D.: from the collections of the National Museum of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy, Trinity College, Dublin / exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, New York, 1978; Hencken, H., Price, L., Start, L.E., Lagore Crannog, an Irish Royal Residence of the 7th to 10th century AD, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, vol.53, Dublin, 1950-1951, pp.1-247, fig.11 (decorated bronzes) and pl.XIV; Youngs, S. (ed.), The Work of Angels. Masterpieces of Celtic Metalwork, 6th-9th centuries AD, London, 1989, item 157a (two Irish motif pieces in the same decorative style); Laing, L., A catalogue of Celtic Ornamental Metalwork in the British Isles, c AD 400-1200, Oxford, 1993, item 259 (copper-alloy crozier with the same decorative style"). 4.16 grams, 24mm (1"). Property of a Cleethorpes collector; acquired from a Mr Harrison, a Lincolnshire farmer; found Lincolnshire, UK in the 1990s; accompanied by an archaeological report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. The appliqué may have formed part of a harness or bridle furniture, or used as a belt or bowl mount, or likely was a part of a religious item. The Insular Style was common to religious foundations in parts of Britain and Ireland in the 8th century. The decoration of the mount finds good parallels with the ornamentation of the central discs of the Lagore buckle (Youngs, 1989, fig.59), with spirals of decreasing size in line with the La Tène tradition. The spiral of our cross also recalls the very complicated spirals and interlaces of the Tara Brooch. The foliate design with sharp-angled interlace finds a strong correspondence with objects from Dumfries, very late (12th century AD) but this characteristic pattern of triquetra is already present on Irish decorated bones of 7th-8th century from Moynagh Lough, and visible on the well-known cross of Carndonagh (Metropolitan, 1978, p.100, fig.25"). Fine condition.
Lot 476
11th-early 12th century AD. An irregular hexagonal-section bronze knife pommel or bolster, pierced vertically to accept the tang; incised ornament and legend comprising (beginning at the narrowest face): segmented panel; 'EA :'; 'DPIN', 'EME', 'EEIT', two square panels with pointed saltires. See doctoral thesis: Johnson, Catherine Estelle, A Comparative Study of Portable Inscribed Objects from Britain and Ireland, AD 400-1100, University of Glasgow, 2019. Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme under reference KENT-D7B5E0. 15.5 grams, 17mm (3/4"). Property of a Kent, UK gentleman; found near Brenzett, Kent, UK, 2019; recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme under reference number PAS KENT-D7B5E0; accompanied by a copy of the PAS report. The text is apparently intended to read 'Ead?ine me fecit' (Edwin made me), a 'maker's formula' known since Roman times. The form of the letter 'A' is typical of the 11th century (pre- or post-Conquest"). Eadwine is a well-known personal name which remained in use after the Norman invasion. The spacing of the text is uneven and the execution of 'EE' is for 'FE'. Very fine condition. Excessively rare example of Anglo-Saxon writing.
Lot 477
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.
Lot 478
11th century AD. A bronze stirrup mount of Williams's Class A Type 10b, a heater-shaped plaque with pierced lug at the apex, openwork Urnes style design with standing beast and entwined tendrils, narrow ledge to the reverse. Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 55, for type. 32.9 grams, 56mm (2 1/4"). Property of a Kent gentleman; found Old Romney, Kent, UK, 2016; recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme under reference number PAS KENT-01D7FC; accompanied by a copy of the PAS report. Very fine condition.
Lot 479
11th century AD. A bronze stirrup mount of Williams's Class A (unclassified), heater-shaped with lateral lugs beneath the (broken) upper attachment lug, two rivet holes above the lower border, ledge to the reverse; high-relief design of entwined tendrils above a facing zoomorphic mask. Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 380. 34.8 grams, 48mm (1 3/4"). Property of a Kent gentleman; found Burmarsh, Kent, UK, 2015; recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme under reference number PAS KENT-6F448A; accompanied by a copy of the PAS report. Very fine condition.
Lot 480
11th century AD. A bronze heater-shaped stirrup mount of Williams's Class A Type 10 with high-relief interlaced serpentine body and thick rim, two attachment holes above the lower edge and shallow ledge to the reverse. Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 177, for type. 25.7 grams, 39mm (1 1/2"). Property of a Kent gentleman; found Romney Marsh area, Kent, UK, 1990-2015. Fine condition.
Lot 481
11th-12th century AD. A bronze stirrup mount with tapering scalloped perimeter and trefoil terminal, stylised bear's head in high-relief to the body; rectangular angle flange to base with rivet, piercing above. See Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 460, for similar; see The Portable Antiquities Scheme, record id. SF-C9CD64, for very similar identified as Williams Class B, Type 4. 23.2 grams, 43mm (1 3/4"). Found in East Anglia, UK. Fine condition.
Lot 482
11th century AD. A bronze stirrup mount of Williams's Class A with pentagonal plaque, large pierced fleur-de-lys finial above, incised borders and ledge to the reverse with two spurs to the lower edge. Cf. Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 387, for type. 32.8 grams, 65mm (2 1/2"). Property of a Kent gentleman; found Romney Marsh area, Kent, UK, 1990-2015. Fine condition.
Lot 484
6th century AD. A bronze brooch formed as a double-headed serpent, each head resting on the body, creating a figure-of-eight composition; ring-and-dot on each head for eye; pin and catchplate on reverse. See Steuer, H. et al., Reallexikon de Germanischen Altertumskunde Fibel und Fibeltracht, Berlin, 2000, p.157, for other examples which represent stages in the development of this type. 5.14 grams, 31mm (1 1/4"). Ex East Anglian collection; acquired early 2000s. A comparable twin snakehead brooch excavated at Hvolris, Viborg, dated to c. 600 AD. It is currently on display at the Viborg Museum in Denmark. Very fine condition.
Lot 485
7th century AD. A pair of bronze radiate-headed bow brooches with D-shaped headplate, scroll ornament and five radiating lobes, shallow bow, lozengiform footplate with scroll detailing, lobe finial shaped as an animal-head, remains of the pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse. See various, I Goti, Milano, 1994, for a similar item, p.131 cat. II.46, no.II.5.a, from the grave 6 of the Eski-Kermen necropolis, Crimea; Khrapunov, N.,'The Crimean Goths in the Russian Imperial and Soviet Periods, In Between of History, Myth, and Politics' in Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik 80, Amsterdam, 2020, pp.193-231, fig. 12, for a brooch in near identical decorative style. 185 grams total, 18.7cm each (7 1/4"). Property of a gentleman from Vienna; from his private collection formed since 1970; formerly with Hermann Historica, Auction 63, lot 1739. This type of fibulae, for style and decoration belonging to the Dnieper type, are usually found in the female tombs of the Romanised Goths of the Tauric Chersonese peninsula. Usually in the tombs they were positioned with the head downwards, near the shoulder, intended to close the cloak on the chest of the owner. [2, No Reserve] For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price Fine condition.
Lot 486
9th-12th century AD. A bronze pendant with body formed as two addorsed horse heads in profile, with low-relief detailing; integral loop between the shoulders, six rings to the lower edge, each with a short chain and five with lozengiform dangles. Cf. Golubeva, L.A., Zoomorfniye Ukrasheniia Finno-Ugrov, Moscow, 1979, pl.6, item 4, for similar. 98 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher; previously in a private collection in Belfast, Northern Ireland, since the 1990s. Fine condition.
Lot 487
9th-12th century AD. A bronze pendant formed as a pair of addorsed horse-heads in profile, with low-relief detailing, loop between the shoulders, six rings to the lower edge each with a short chain and lozengiform dangle. Cf. Golubeva, L.A., Zoomorfniye Ukrasheniia Finno-Ugrov, Moscow, 1979, pl.6, item 4, for similar; Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, p.268, item 21. 110 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher; previously in a private collection in Belfast, Northern Ireland, since the 1990s. Fine condition.
Lot 488
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.
Lot 489
6th century AD. A gilt-bronze square-headed brooch with applied silver plaques comprising rectangular head-plate, shallow bow, pelta-shaped footplate with lateral panels; the headplate with median square panel and ladder detail, horse-shoe punchmarks to the three sides, applied silver plaques to the corners; pyramidal bow with applied square button, silver border; the footplate with trilinear volute scrolls and Style I face, silver plaques to the lateral lobes and discoid finial; catchplate and strap to the reverse, ferrous accretion to the headplate. See MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E., A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993, item 13.15 and augmented bow, ibid., item 13.4 for an example with similar silver plaques. 61 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). Ex central London gallery; found Suffolk, UK; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10828-177789. [No Reserve] Fine condition. Excessively rare type.
Lot 490
7th-9th century AD. A gilt bronze strip brooch, formed from a single piece with a hooked catchplate, lozenge-shaped wide plate with raised border enclosing an intricate symmetrical entwined beast motif on a gilt background, the border with a single band of punched pellets; signs of re-use with the remains of a ferrous rivet to one end. Cf. Geake, H., Details for The Use of Grave-Goods in Conversion-Period England, c. 600 - c. 850, Oxford, 1997, pp.23-24; Weetch, R., Brooches in late Anglo-Saxon England within a north west European context: a study of social identities between the eighth and the eleventh centuries, Reading, 2014, nos.138-140; other examples recorded with Portable Antiquities Scheme can be found under the following references: CAM-A4DEEE (Folksworth and Washingley Parish Area), NLM-FB5746 (North Lincolnshire), HAMP-7FBF17 (Bolton, Wiltshire), WILT-FB2312 (Fontmell Magna brooch), BUC-4D849D (Quainton brooch"). 4.19 grams, 44mm (1 3/4"). Found with the use of a metal detector in South Cambridgeshire, UK, on 1st September 2020; recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme with reference no.SF-AA671A; accompanied by a copy of the PAS report which includes museum drawings of the object and by an archaeological expertise by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This example belongs to Weetch's (2014, 140) Type 31.C, dated along with the other strip brooches to the 7th and the beginning of the 9th century AD. Safety-pin brooches were a rare type of 7th century brooch, designed to lie flat like modern safety-pins, with the pin to one side and the bow to the other. This typology of brooches is considered one of the most elaborate examples of a rare type of Anglo-Saxon brooch, and the decoration is always unique. Weetch (2014, p.140) writes that 'most of these brooches feature the single-coil pin spring, but some appear to have a more traditional pin fitting attached to the reverse of the lozenge-shaped plate.' Fine condition.
Lot 492
9th-11th century AD. A set of gilt-bronze mounts for a bridle comprising: nine tubular mounts with embossed pellet ornament; four rectangular mounts with concentric ring ornament; four stirrup-shaped mounts; a rosette mount; a tongue-shaped strap end with low-relief interlace ornament within a raised border, supporting a substantial ovoid pendant with high-relief bird motif. Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, plate 25, for types. 125 grams total, 16-74mm (1/2 - 3"). Property of a European gentleman living in London; from his grandfather's collection by descent in 1989; formerly in the family collection since at least the 1970s. [21, No Reserve] Fine condition, cleaned and conserved.
Lot 499
4th-7th century AD. A gold bucket-shaped pendant with carinated body with filigree decoration; suspension loop above. See Khrapunov I. and Stylegar, F.A., Inter Ambo Maria, Contacts between Scandinavia and the Crimea in the Roman Period; and ????? ?, ?., ???????????? ?, ?, 1989, ?? ????? ????????? ?????????-???????? ???????? ??????? ? ????????? ??????, ??, No.3, for comparable. 2.48 grams, 14mm (1/2"). From a central London collection; previously in a European collection formed 1979-1989. Pendants in the form of miniature buckets have been found in a number of pagan Anglo-Saxon and Viking contexts and are generally made of bronze or iron, with gold examples being rare; three gold examples were found with the hoard from Hoen, Norway. Bronze bucket amulets have been found at Driffield in Yorkshire, and Vimose bog in Denmark, among other places. In form they represent wooden buckets bound with bronze or iron bands which have been found in Anglo-Saxon and Viking graves and are believed to have held mead or ale and were used to replenish the cups from which warriors drank. As amulets they probably represent the ecstatic power of alcoholic drink and the role of women as the dispensers of these precious beverages. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
Lot 549
14th-15th century AD or earlier. A free-standing bronze crowned female figure dressed in a long robe possibly representing a queen modelled standing on an integral splayed oval-shaped plinth, hands clutching what is possibly a sword at her chest, arms forming loops, detailing to face and clothes. 42.2 grams, 89mm (3 1/2"). Found with use of a metal detector on Monday 1st January 2001, in Chaldon, Tandridge, Surrey, UK; accompanied by a copy of the Portable Antiquities Scheme report no.HAMP1624; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10761-177523. [A video of this lot can be viewed on the Timeline Auctions website] Fine condition. Rare.
Lot 552
12th-15th century AD. A gilt bronze statuette modelled as a male saint with tonsured hair, standing on D-shaped base, tapering fitting lug below; upper body hollow to reverse. 21.7 grams, 65mm (2 1/2"). Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the UK art market; previously in a UK collection since the 1980s. Fine condition.
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