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Lot 58
Roman bronze brooch. A large silvered bronze bow brooch of unusual form. The head is flat with integral chain loop and meets a large circular recess on the bow, which probably held a roundel of glass or bone. The foot and catchplate are in the manner of a P-shaped and crossbow brooches of the 2nd - 3rd centuries. 85mm, 30.0g.
Lot 61
Roman bronze military buckle plate with millefiori glass inlay. A rectangular buckle plate which has a central rectangular aperture surrounded by a border of black and yellow millefiori glass inlay. Hinged at one end for attachment to a buckle.76mm, 20.1g. 1st - 2nd century AD, cf, Benets R12-0403.
Lot 64
Roman bronze P-shaped brooch with iron pin. A very nice example of a 2nd - 3rd century P-shaped brooch having a returned foot and punched and incised decoration on the upper surface of the bow. The bilateral iron pin with internal chord survives intact and is still mobile. 62mm, 21.6g Cf. Hattatt 488.
Lot 7
Iron Age Cosmetic Set.Circa 1st century AD. Copper-alloy, 91mm, 54.2g (mortar) 64mm, 14.9g (pestle). A high quality and finely-modelled bronze cosmetic-grinder set consisting of a mortar and pestle. A centre-looped mortar that is exquisite, finely-modelled with a bull's head at one end and a curled tail at the other. The bull's head has a very natural life-like appearance that displays finer details than most seen on such artefacts of this period. Modelled with horns curved up and inwards just above the ears, the eyes with prominent sockets are set with dark blue stones and the mouth is open as if it where letting out a call (moo). The crescent shaped body is detailed with a crescent panel outlined with a raised border, this bridges the space between the head and curled tail terminal that sits between two large round projections. The second part of this fascinating set is the pestle, although undecorated it is finely made and fits perfectly in the groove that runs through the body of the mortar. Ref: R. Jackson. Britannia 1985, Cosmetic sets from Late Iron Age and Roman Britain. fig. 6. Type A.
Lot 73
Roman Bronze Statuette. Circa 1st - 2nd century AD. Bronze, 78.18 grams. Size: 68.14 mm. A rare statuette depicting Zeus in the form of an eagle grasping Ganymede. The statue represents a Greek legend that was adopted by the Romans: A rare UK find from Essex.GANYMEDES (Ganymede) was a handsome Trojan prince who was carried off to heaven by Zeus in the shape of an eagle where he was appointed as cup-bearer of the gods. Ganymedes was also placed amongst the stars as the constellation Aquarius, his ambrosial mixing cup as Crater, and the eagle as Aquila. Ganymedes was often portrayed as the god of homosexual love and as such appears as a playmate of the love-gods Eros (Love) and Hymenaios (Marital Love).Ganymedes was depicted in Greek vase painting as a handsome youth. In some scenes of his abduction he holds a rooster (a lover's gift), hoop (a boy's toy), or lyre. When portrayed as the cup-bearer of the gods he pours nectar from a jug. In sculpture and mosaic art Ganymedes usually appears with shepherd's crock and a Phrygian cap.The boy's name was derived from the Greek words ganumai "gladdening" and mêdon or medeôn, "prince" or "genitals." The name may have been formed to contain a deliberate double-meaning.
Lot 8
Iron age la Tene type i brooch of the 4th - 3rd century BC. The bronze brooch has a curved bow with a returned foot and a bilateral spring of four coils with an external chord. Spring broken and missing foot. 42mm, 6.7g. Recorded with PAS: SUSS-E66835. https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/230399
Lot 89
Carolingian trefoil mount. A heavily gilded bronze trifoliate mount from a sword scabbard circa 9th century AD. At the centre is a raised trefoil within a circular panel. Each lobe has raised foliate decoration and there is an attachment loop in each cusp. Similar mounts are depicted in the Vivian Bible, which was presented to Charles the Bald in AD 846. 40mm, 21.2g.
Lot 96
Anglo-Saxon Zoomorphic Bowl Mount. Circa 6th-7th century AD. Bronze, 55.51g. 58.60 mm. A cast bronze hanging bowl or bucket mount in the form of a bird. The stylised wings tapper along the length of the body and terminate in a point. The neck extends out from the body with the head and beak forming a hook. Ref: West, 1993: 315. fig. 156. Found in Kent and accompanied by an old dealers label.
Lot 582
* Louis Bleriot Car Mascot. A rare early-20th century radiator embellishment, circa 1909, cast bronze open-frame fuselage with rotating propeller and mounted upon a period-radiator-cap, struck in commemoration of the first powered-flight crossing of the English Channel by the noted pioneer aviator & automotive entrepreneur, wingspan 18 cmQty: (1)
Lot 597
* RAF WWII Ranking Officer's flagstaff pennant c1930/40; taper-format stitched linen segment horizontal panels in red, dark & sky blue, braided jute lanyards with bronze toggles, linen sheath indistinctly imprinted “3x2” & “111 2”; minor age-wear & discolouration, 51x66cm; together with another similar smaller pennant with stitched panel roundel in cotton-silk with applied maker’s label inscribed “Captain O.M. Wallis”; and a further smaller printed car-pennant having two-blade propeller motif and RAF inscription & Union flag motif supra; and a Battle of Britain Commemorative programme c1940sQty: (4)
Lot 602
* Scramble Bell. WWII Air Ministry bronze station bell, with large crown motif and dated 1936 with later clapper, 33cm highQty: (1)NOTESBy repute, the bell was formerly used at RAF Dishforth when the camp opened in 1936 and then transferred to RAF Topcliffe in 1940 where it remained until 1988. Sometime after the war, the bell was moved to the station's church in a Nissen hut, where it was used to call the congregation to service. The Nissen hut was demolished in 1988 and the bell was sold. Both camps were part of the then 4 Group, RAF Bomber Command. RAF Topcliffe was home to No 77 and 102 Squadron and, both flying Armstrong Whitworth Whitley heavy bombers.
Lot 460
* Dorsetshire Regiment. An emotive Great War casualty group to Private John Bray, Dorsetshire Regiment who died of wounds on 8 October 1917, his bullet struck pocket bible was recovered after his death and is included in the lot British War and Victory Medals (19973 Pte. J. Bray. Dorset. R.), extremely fine in card box of issue and envelope addressed to next of kin, with Bronze Memorial Plaque 'John Bray', extremely fine in card envelope with letter of condolence from Buckingham Palace, together with an emotive pocket bible inscribed with recipients service number, named address and later inscribed 'This Bible was in John's Breast Pocket of his uniform when he was wounded you can see where the Bullet struck the Bible, Died Oct 8th 1917', 11.5 x 7cm, Edwardian gold plated half-hunter pocketwatch , regimental cap badge, several photographic postcards including 3 of the recipient in civilian dress, 2 of his brother William (including 1 in full regimental dress), an embroidered 'sweetheart' greeting card and plus a remembrance booklet and family researchQty: (4)NOTES19973 Private John Bray (1894-1917) was born in Launceston, Cornwall, he served on the Western Front with 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, Bray died of wounds on 8 October 1917, he is buried in Dozingham Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Lot 468
* Belgium. Royal Order of the Lion, Commander's neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel,85mm including crown suspension x 55mm wide, together with two Officer's breast Badges, one silver-gilt and enamels and the other silver and enamel (damaged), 65mm including crown suspension x 40mm wide, three Medals of the Order in gold (gilt-metal), silver and bronzeQty: (6)NOTESEstablished April 9, 1891 by King Leopold of the Belgians and the Congo Free State as a Congolese Order. When the Congo became a Belgian Colony in 1908, this order came under the administration of the Ministry of Colonies. Awarded for outstanding service rendered to the Belgian Congo and the crown, and was quite often bestowed on cooperative African chiefs. Werlich (Robert) Orders and Decorations of all Nations refers
Lot 481
* Southern Rhodesia. Royal Visit 1947, small bronze medal, 34mm diameter together with a Southern Rhodesia 1939-1945 tribute medal, 34mm diameter plus various cap badges a WWII period silvered Nyasaland Police cap badge by 'Dowler Birmingham', two similar but with E.II.R. crown, four smaller badges of the Nyasaland Police and other items including buttons, cloth badge plus a Northern Rhodesian slouch hatQty: (small box)
Lot 808
A bronze study of Mercury, after Jean Bologne (late 19th/early 20th Century), with right arm raised and the left holding a standard, stamped to base on green serpentine plinth, height 61cm, and a similar bronze companion after Louis Guillaume Fulconis, a bronze figure of Fortuna with cornucopia in her right hand and standing on a wheel on green serpentine base, height 60cm. (2)
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