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Click here to subscribe4th century AD. A gilt bronze crossbow brooch with three onion-shaped knops, facetted cross-piece with hinged pin to the reverse, ribbed bow with lateral studs, rectangular footplate with chamfered sides, pin and catch to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1265.40 grams, 70mm (2 3/4"). From an old European collection; acquired in Munich in the 1970s. Fine condition.
1st century BC-1st century AD. A Roman or Parthian bronze statuette of Fortuna (Tyche) seated on a cairn wearing a long robe and tall headdress, patera in her extended right hand, left hand resting on a wheel. Cf. Rolland, H. Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 143 for type.81 grams, 57mm (2 1/4"). From a private collection; formed 1965-1975. Very fine condition.
4th century AD. A bronze crossbow brooch with solid crossbar, three onion-shaped knops, deep trapezoidal-section bow with niello-inlaid inscription 'VTERE FELIX' (use [this] happily), D-section footplate with notched edges and catch to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, item 104.46 grams, 78mm (3"). Private collection, home counties, UK; acquired before 1980. Very fine condition.
1st century BC. A bronze tintinnabulum formed as a phallus with feline legs, tail and second phallus, the tail formed as a phallus, loop above. Cf. Roberts, P. Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, London, 2013, item 187.51 grams, 63mm (2 1/2"). Property of a private collector; acquired before 1975. Fine condition.
1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze military pendant with male genitals between a phallus to the left and a fist in the fica gesture to the right, loop above. Cf. Rolland, H. Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 428.10 grams, 39mm (1 1/2"). Property of a south London collector; acquired before 1980.[No Reserve] Fine condition.
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze dress pin with tapering shank, ribbed upper section with linear detailing, finial a female head with hair drawn up in a chignon. 13 grams, 16cm (6 1/4"). From the collection of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.[No Reserve] Fine condition.
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze mount formed as an erect phallus with loop above, wings extended to each side. Cf. Rolland, H. Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 433 for type.22 grams, 57mm (2 1/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Very fine condition.
2nd century AD. A bronze brooch formed as a recumbent lion with head turned to the right, pin lug to the rump and pierced lug beneath the head. Cf. Bayley, J. & Butcher, S. Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richboroug Collection, London, 2004, items 352, 354.28 grams, 40mm (1 1/2"). Property of a London lady; by inheritance; formerly with Walter Steinberg collection; acquired London, 1990s. The brooch is unusual in having the centre of gravity above the level of the pin. Bayley & Butcher illustrate as similar example (no. 354, hippocampus brooch) also modelled in the round. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze medical instrument with ribbed columnar handle, slender single-edged triangular blade, lentoid probe. See Allason-Jones, L. & Miket, R. The Catalogue of Small Finds from South Shields Roman Fort, Newcastle, 1984, p.171 for type.22 grams, 18cm (7"). Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. Fine condition.
1st century AD. A tinned bronze bow brooch of Hod Hill type with ribbed body, central square panel with lateral arms to the bow, hinged pin and catch to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1505.6.79 grams, 37mm (1 1/2"). From a private collection; formed 1965-1975.[No Reserve] Very fine condition.
5th-6th century AD. A bronze bow brooch with separate balustered crossbar, loop for the spring cord, broad facetted bow, flat section foot with incised text 'HA?IA' (holy"). 16 grams, 80mm (3 1/4"). Property of a London, UK collector; acquired London market, 1990s. Fine condition, pin absent.
10th-12th century AD. A gilt-bronze cross mount with equal arms, trefoil shaped to the ends, engraved with leaf pattern; raised collar to the centre, set with blue enamel; square base to bottom of cross with engraved chevron pattern, remains of tang to the base. 19 grams, 41mm (1 1/2"). From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent.[No Reserve] Fine condition.
6th-7th century AD. A bronze finger ring with D-section hoop, spur to underside and each shoulder, conical bezel with engraved design of a cross cleché in a square hatched panel with regardant beasts(?) to the edges; old collector's label '94.182' to the inner face. 9.71 grams, 28mm overall, 19.51mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20) (1"). From an important Mayfair collection; catalogue number 749; collection number 94.182; acquired in 1994. Fine condition. A large wearable size.
10th-12th century AD. A bronze bowl with everted rim, applied basal ring with four splayed legs terminating in transverse cylindrical feet, two applied cylindrical handles below the rim. 868 grams, 24.5cm (9 1/2"). Property of a London gallery; previously in a German collection; acquired before 1990.[No Reserve] Fine condition.
8th-10th century AD. A rectangular flat-section bronze comb with pierced lugs to the upper edge, cruciform voids with low-relief nimbate figures to the obverse, ring-and-dot motifs to the reverse, short teeth to one long edge, suspension loop. 79 grams, 93mm (3 3/4"). Property of a Middlesex gentleman; acquired in the 1980s.[No Reserve] Fair condition, damaged.
9th-10th century AD. A mixed group of bronze rings comprising: two with drum bezel, rosettes to the shoulders, granule detailing; one with disc bezel, domed boss with knop, keeled hoop. 39 grams total, 34-39mm (1 1/4 - 1 1/2"). Property of a London, UK collector; acquired London market, 1990s.[3] Fine condition.
Late New Kingdom, 21st Dynasty, 1069-945 BC. A bronze figurine of the sacred Apis bull with sun-disc fronted by uraeus between the horns, standing on a rectangular base; mounted on a custom-made chamfered wooden stand with old ticket to the underside 'Vache Athor / XXI Dynastie / trouvé à Memphis'. 365 grams, 95mm (3 3/4"). Property of a Swedish collector; acquired in 2009 from Aaron Gallery, London, UK; previously in an old French collection in Paris since the 1970s; accompanied by a copy of the Aaron Gallery invoice, receipt, and correspondence regarding the provenance. Very fine condition.
2nd millennium BC. A slender bronze dagger with lentoid-section tapering blade, short ricasso, lower guard with lateral flanges and bone inserts to each face, waisted grip with flanged edges. Cf. Legrain, L. Luristan Bronzes in the University Museum, Pennsylvania, 1934, item 42.157 grams, 33cm (13"). Acquired on the London art market before 2000. Fine condition.
2nd millennium BC. A slender bronze dagger with lentoid-section tapering blade, columnar lower guard and grip with flanges, lobed pommel. Cf. Legrain, L. Luristan Bronzes in the University Museum, Pennsylvania, 1934, item 42.308 grams, 35cm (13 3/4"). Private collection, South West London; acquired before 2000. Fine condition.
13th-6th century BC. A bronze flange-hilted dagger with slender leaf-shaped two-edged blade, hollow grip with socket to each face to accept an insert and lateral flanges to retain it. Cf. Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.381, Cat.13.259 grams, 40.2cm (15 3/4"). Property of a North West London gentleman; formerly with a central London gallery in 1990. Very fine condition.
Copper Hoard Culture, Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, mid-2nd millennium BC. A slender bronze spearhead with shallow midrib, leaf-shaped blade with rounded tip, pierced in two places at the shoulders above a flat-section tang. See Yule, P. The Bronze Age Metalwork of India, Prähistorische Bronzefunde XX, München, 1985 for discussion.271 grams, 29cm (11 1/2"). Property of a West London gentleman; previously in an important weapons collection formed in the 1980s and early 1990s. Some Copper Hoard items have been assigned a ritual rather than practical function (Yule: 1985"). Fine condition. Rare.
6th century BC-3rd century AD. A hollow-cast bronze chape with tubular opening below, bands of ribbed and hatched ornament to the top, stepped beaded motif to each broad face. 58 grams, 76mm (3"). From a European collection; previously in a large American collection formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1995; previously in the Mansees collection; formed 1950s-early 1990s.[No Reserve] Very fine condition.
5th-3rd century BC. A mixed group of bronze socketted arrowheads including triple-bladed with extended socket, triple-bladed with internal socket, twin-bladed with extended socket and lateral spur. 111 grams total, 15-40mm (3/4 - 1 1/2"). UK art market, acquired prior to 2000.[52] Fine condition.
1st-3rd century AD. A bronze thumb ring with D-section hoop, triangular flange with hatching. 15 grams, 40mm overall, 21.68mm internal diameter (approximate size British Y, USA 12, Europe 28.05, Japan 27) (1 1/2"). Property of a Surrey collector; acquired in the early 1970s. Extremely fine condition. A large wearable size.
Copper Hoard Culture, Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, mid-2nd millennium BC. A substantial bronze spearhead or harpoon with thick midrib, notched barbed blade, reverse lateral barb above a flat-section tang. See Yule, P. The Bronze Age Metalwork of India, Prähistorische Bronzefunde XX, München, 1985 for discussion.749 grams, 36cm. (14"). Property of a West London gentleman; previously in an important weapons collection formed in the 1980s and early 1990s. Some Copper Hoard items have been assigned a ritual rather than practical function (Yule: 1985"). Fine condition. Extremely rare.
Copper Hoard Culture, Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, mid-2nd millennium BC. A slender bronze spearhead with thick midrib, barbed blade with rounded tip, tapering round-section tang. See Yule, P. The Bronze Age Metalwork of India, Prähistorische Bronzefunde XX, München, 1985 for discussion.365 grams, 36cm (14 1/4"). Property of a West London gentleman; previously in an important weapons collection formed in the 1980s and early 1990s. Some Copper Hoard items have been assigned a ritual rather than practical function (Yule: 1985"). Fine condition. Very rare.
9th-12th century AD. A mixed group of domestic items comprising: two rectangular sandstone whetstones; one bronze fish hook; four bronze needles; one tapering cylindrical sandstone hone with silver suspension ring; six annular stone spindle whorls; one iron knife with a later handle. 559 grams total, 2-21cm (3/4 - 8 1/4"). From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent.[15, No Reserve] Fine condition.
5th-3rd century BC. A mixed group of bronze arrowheads comprising: two triangular-section, socketted; one leaf-shaped, socketted; one leaf-shaped, tanged; twenty-two triangular-section, deltoid. 51 grams total, 18-38mm (3/4 - 1 1/2"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s.[26] Fine condition.
5th-3rd century BC. A mixed group of bronze arrowheads comprising: one leaf-shaped, socketted with lateral spur; three triangular-section, socketted; twenty-one socketted, deltoid. 45 grams total, 19-38mm (3/4 - 1 1/2"). Property of a private collector; acquired before 1975.[25] Fine condition.
Copper Hoard Culture, Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, mid-2nd millennium BC. A substantial bronze spearhead or harpoon with thick midrib, notched barbed blade pierced in two places above a round-section tang. See Yule, P. The Bronze Age Metalwork of India, Prähistorische Bronzefunde XX, München, 1985 for discussion.286 grams, 22.5cm (8 3/4"). Property of a West London gentleman; previously in an important weapons collection formed in the 1980s and early 1990s. Some Copper Hoard items have been assigned a ritual rather than practical function (Yule: 1985"). Fine condition. Extremely rare.
Copper Hoard Culture, Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, mid-2nd millennium BC. A substantial bronze spearhead, leaf-shaped with thick midrib, flat-section tang with two lateral spurs. See Yule, P. The Bronze Age Metalwork of India, Prähistorische Bronzefunde XX, München, 1985 for discussion.601 grams, 39cm (15 1/4"). Property of a West London gentleman; previously in an important weapons collection formed in the 1980s and early 1990s. Some Copper Hoard items have been assigned a ritual rather than practical function (Yule: 1985"). Fine condition. Extremely rare.
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