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Click here to subscribe14th-16th century AD.A large bronze bowl with rolled rim, inner border with panels of Arabic letters and geometric pattern; to the centre a border of interlaced lines and central medallion with panels of Arabic letters and geometric patterns. 1.44 kg, 39cm (15 1/4").Fine condition.Property of a London gentleman; acquired 1990-2000.
12th-13th century AD.A bronze mortar with flaring rim decorate to the inside with panels of geometric motifs, to the outside scrolling plants; the body with six flanges, band of geometric panels to the top, in-between standing birds with scrolling plants around; recessed panel below with frieze of running lions; wide foot with Kufic inscription. 6.39 kg, 13cm (5").Fair condition.Property of a London gentleman; acquired 1990-2000.
19th century AD.A bronze lidded vessel; domed lid with engraved decoration in the form of panels with geometric motifs and running deer; drum shaped body of vessel decorated to the rim with Arabic inscription with panels below with geometric motifs and running deer. 1.05 kg, 21 x 17cm (8 1/4 x 6 3/4"). Fine condition.Property of a London gentleman; acquired 1990-2000.
19th century AD.A bronze face mask of a male in 13th century style, with almond-shaped eyes, small mouth with serrated edge to represent teeth, long nose with pierced nostrils, moustache curving up the face to the edge of the eyes; surface of the face decorated with scrolling plant motif; pierced to the sides for attachment to helmet. See Mohamid, B. The Arts of the Muslim Knight: The Furusiyya Art Foundation Collection, Milan, 2008 for a discussion on war masks; for a similar mask see The Doha Museum of Islamic Art. 1.26 kg, 21cm (8 1/4").Fine condition.Property of North West London gentleman; acquired from a London collector in the late 1990s; previously in a private collection formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
6th-4th century BC. A bronze figure of a leaping horse modelled in the round with accentuated musculature, raised harness, plumed crest to the head; modelled with only one foreleg and hindleg. 126 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Fine condition.Property of a gentleman; from a Mayfair, London, UK, gallery.
7th-6th century BC. A bronze helmet of Illyrian type with rounded skull, flared rear edge, corrugated bands to the crown, D-shaped cheek guards pierced at the apex, separate plume-holders to the brow and rear. 874 grams, 28cm (11"). Fine condition, crown restored.Supplied with a copy of the article Ancient Greek Artifacts, in Pariakai, a London-based Greek Cypriot newspaper, dated 11th October 2007. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Exhibited at Bruce Castle Museum, London, 16th-31st July 2011 in The Festival of British Archaeology, with photographs of the display and captions and the museum agreement. Property of North London collector; acquired from Germany in the early 1980s.
8th-7th century BC. A bronze conical helmet formed from a single sheet with securing staples to the rear, lateral D-shaped ear protectors, perforated rim; wooden core for display. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] 895 grams, 43cm (17"). Fine condition; restored.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.
Early 1st millennium BC.An iron dagger with bronze fittings in a bronze scabbard; the dagger with slightly waisted flat-section blade and median midrib, incised lines to each face following the contour of the edge; bronze crossguard extending slightly beyond the edges of the blade, square-section tang and pommel formed as a trilobe plate in plan with three large knop rivets; the iron scabbard leaf-shaped with transverse reeded bronze band to the mouth and central section, median plaque to the front face with multiple incised lines, discoid finial with bronze plaque and four domed rivets; iron strap to the reverse, curved at the upper end, connecting two lateral loops, each with heater-shaped plaque to be riveted to the leather or textile belt or baldric; Iberian workmanship. See Capwell, Dr. T. Knives, Daggers and Bayonets, London, 2009 p.21; and see, Strong, D. The Early Etruscans, London, 1968 pp.16-27 for a discussion on Villanovan culture. 406 grams total, 36cm (14 4"). Fine condition.From an important English collection; acquired in the 1990s. Accompanied by a report of metallurgic analytical results, written by Metallurgist Dr. Brian Gilmour of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford. The Celtiberians were Celtic-speaking people of the Iberian Peninsula in the final centuries BC. Archaeologically, the Celtiberians participated in the Hallstatt culture in what is now north-central Spain. The term Celtiberi appears in accounts by Diodorus Siculus, Appian and Martial who recognised intermarriage between Celts and Iberians after a period of continuous warfare.The Celtiberians were the most influential ethnic group in pre-Roman Iberia, but they had their largest impact on history during the Second Punic War, during which they became the allies of Carthage in its conflict with Rome, and crossed the Alps in the mixed forces under Hannibal's command. As a result of the defeat of Carthage, the Celtiberians first submitted to Rome in 195 BC; Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus spent the years 182 to 179 BC pacifying the Celtiberians; however, conflicts between various semi-independent bands of Celtiberians continued. After the city of Numantia was finally taken and destroyed by Scipio Aemilianus Africanus the Younger after a long and brutal siege that ended the Celtic resistance (154-133 BC), Roman cultural influences increased. The Sertorian War, 80 to 72 BC, marked the last formal resistance of the Celtiberian cities to Roman domination, which submerged the Celtiberian culture. [2]
5th century BC.A matched set of bronze fittings for a parallel-sided cavalry sword scabbard comprising: four sleeves, each with reinforced mouths, median openwork panels of triangles, bands of ring-and-dot ornament, open to the reverse; a similar frog fitting with reinforced upper band, two lateral lugs, flared plaque with V-shaped voids, upper discoid plaque with central hole and raised rim, all with ring-and-dot ornament; triangular chape with lobe finial. 385 grams total, frog: 11.5cm (4 1/2"). Very fine condition.From the collection of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s. [6]
2nd millennium BC.A Bronze Age dagger with leaf-shaped blade, median vertical lines or blood letting ridges, separately convex guard and bulbous grip with raised cross and raised detail. Cf. Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tuebingen, 2006 p.375 Cat.1 2 inventory no.668. 163 grams, 23cm (9"). Fine condition.From an important London collection, acquired in the 1990s.
Dated 1937 AD. Obvs: profile bust with GEORGIVS VI D G BR OMN F D IND IMP legend. Revs: crown over denomination number dividing date within wreath. S. 4086; ESC 6th 4305 (old 2554A); BSC 2250. 4.72 grams total. From a 1937 proof specimen silver and bronze set. Proof; about as struck. Scarce.
2nd millennium BC.A tubular bronze cudgel with bands of raised ribs, interlaced design, and bosses to the shaft, flared handle. Cf. Legrain, L. Luristan Bronzes in the University Museum, Pennsylvania, 1934 item 48. 399 grams, 19.5cm (7 3/4"). Fine condition.UK art market, acquired prior to 2000.
1st century BC-2nd century AD.A mixed group of bronze spurs comprising: one with hollow-formed spike, flared arms with convex studs; one similar, lozengiform flat studs; one similar, flat discoid studs; one similar, domed studs and two securing loops. 125 grams total, 55-71mm (2 1/4 - 2 3/4"). Very fine condition.From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent. [4]
1st-2nd century AD.A bronze snaffle bit formed as two interlinked iron rings each with a shank, bronze bulb finial with bronze ring and two bronze attachment plates for straps with domed rivets. 317 grams, 27cm (10 1/2"). Very fine condition.From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent.
5th-7th century AD. A large bronze polycandelon consisting of an openwork roundel with Imperial monogram to the centre; below a cross with knops to the end of each arm, three long chains with roundels to the centre with cross motif; each chain with hook to the end for securing to large openwork body in the form of a sun-burst with crosses to each arm, nine receptacles for glass oil burners. 2.72 kg, 73cm (28 3/4"). Very fine condition.From an old British private collection; formed between 1975 and 1985. Oil-filled glass vessels once hung from the round openings in this flat, circular hanging lamp, or polycandelon. Such lamps cast beautiful shadows on walls, magnifying the designs of their disks on walls and floors. The shadows from this lamp, which is decorated with crosses radiating from the centre, would have emphasised its Christian symbolism. Enormous hanging lamps were used to light the great church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, which the poet and courtier Paul the Silentiary described in 563 AD: 'Thus is everything clothed in beauty … no words are sufficient to describe the illumination in the evening: you might say that some nocturnal sun filled the majestic church with light.'
5th century AD. A horse-harness suite comprising: thirteen strap stiffeners, each a bronze plaque and backing, gold repoussé plate of three conjoined discs with three cabochon garnets; three gold on bronze strap junctions, each a group of five gold foil discs with cabochon garnet inserts, beaded borders; two strap distributors, each a flat-section bar and loop with two bronze attachments, gold repoussé mounts with beaded borders and three inset cabochon garnets; three tongue-shaped strap ends, each with gold repoussé plaque, cloison garnet, beaded border and repoussé zigzag; a bronze umbonate plaque with blue and yellow glass inserts. Cf. garnet and gold plaques in Bonora, G.L. & Marzatico, F. Ori dei Cavalieri delle Steppe, Milan, 2007 p.296 plate 8. 118 grams total, 37-53mm (1 1/2 - 2 1/4"). Fine condition.Ex an important American collection from Chicago, Illinois, USA; disposed of in 1995; previously in the Mansees collection; formed 1950s-early 1990s. [22 No Reserve]
6th century BC-3rd century AD. A parcel-gilt bronze horse's head furniture comprising: a domed cap with plume-holder, inset turquoise cabochons, facing male busts to the socket, intersecting circles reserved against a stippled field; hinged attachment to four plaques each with central void (two with human face pendant within), glazed composition studs in raised cells; a festoon for the neck with thirty two hinged gilt plaques, each with pendant jingles and inset green glass stud, median discoid pendant with green glass cabochon. 473 grams total, 60cm overall (23 1/2"). Fine condition.Formerly in an important American collection from Chicago, Illinois, USA; disposed of in 1995; previously in the Mansees collection; formed 1950s-early 1990s. [No Reserve]
Later 9th-10th century AD. A substantial D-section gilt-bronze penannular hoop with butted ends, expanding shoulders and bezel, lozengiform gold cell with enamel inlay; the shoulders with faux-filigree and granule tracery, beaded wire collar to the bezel; cell with central blue-inlaid disc, dark green saltire and gold inner cell at each angle with white enamel fill. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Disclaimed under the Treasure Act, reference number 2014T958; accompanied by documentation from DCMS, HM Senior Coroner, St Albans Museum, The British Museum, and a provisional treasure valuation by David Miller (8000-10000"). Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme with reference number BH-C726E1; accompanied by a print out of the PAS report. 11 grams, 26mm overall, 18.26mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2 USA 8 Europe 17.15 Japan 16) (1").Property of Mr Davies of Brogborough; found Stagsden, Bedfordshire, UK, 2014.The ring belongs to a small group of later Anglo-Saxon finger rings with enamelled cloisonné panels on the bezel and filigree on the hoop. The majority of the rings of this type feature a circular cloisonné bezel. The ring is called the 'Stagsden Ring' in the literature, after the Bedfordshire findspot.
10th century AD. A gold pendant in the form of a central cross with three crosses to the side and bottom arms; the body decorated with granulated and filigree decoration with central bosses to each cross, rope work border to each; suspension loop in the form of a beast head with granulated and filigree decoration forming the face and hair. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] For similar gold pendants from the Hiddensee Island hoard, see Stralsund Museum of Cultural History, Germany. 8.06 grams, 35mm (1 1/2"). Extremely fine condition. Very rare.Property of a European collector; acquired before 2000. Accompanied by a X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. This piece bears many similarities to a hoard found on the island of Hiddensee in the Baltic Sea. The hoard consisted of a classic Borre-style disc brooch, a neck ring of four twisted rods and a necklace of ten stylised cruciform pendants, such as this example. The items constitute a single set of jewellery and seems to be a gift from a Danish nobleman intended for presentation to a Slav woman of high standing. They were buried for safety en route, during some local emergency that resulted in it not being claimed. Evidence for the production of pendants in the Hiddensee style is provided by the remarkable find of forty-one bronze dies, as used for the manufacture of the pressed sheets onto which the filigree wires and granules were soldered. These dies were kept together in a leather bag, which had been dropped in the harbour at Hedeby.
4th-7th century AD. A gold pendant in the form of a miniature bucket with domed bottom decorated with opposed crescents, flat-section wall decorated with crescents forming a feather pattern; handle with rope work rib to the centre. 1.72 grams, 15mm (3/4"). Extremely fine condition. Property of a German gentleman; acquired on the European art market in the 1990s. 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]
4th-7th century AD. A gold pendant in the form of a miniature bucket, with flat bottom with circle to the centre; flat-section wall with ring-and-dots divided by a vertical line, with horizontal line below forming a hidden face of a staring warrior; handle in the form of a twisted rope. 2.64 grams, 17mm (3/4"). Extremely fine condition. From an old German collection, formed in the 1990s.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]
4th-7th century AD. A gold pendant in the form of a miniature bucket with flat base with ring-and-dot motif, flat-section wall with further ring-and-dot motif with double pellets between; handle with rope work rib to the centre. 1.60 grams, 12mm (1/4"). Extremely fine condition. Acquired on the German art market in the 1990s. 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]
4th-7th century AD. A gold pendant the form of a miniature bucket with granulated decoration to the base, body of pendant cone shaped with ribbed body; flat section handle with pellets of gold to the shoulder. 1.47 grams, 13mm (1/4"). Extremely fine condition. Property of a European collector; acquired before 2000. 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]
10th-11th century AD.A bronze boar-head brooch with hollow body, upstanding ears and raised end to the muzzle; reserved raised band to the upper face separating two panels, round-section pin with flange, integral catchplate. 31 grams, 50mm (2"). Fine condition.From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent.
9th-10th century AD.A bronze elliptical tortoise brooch with shallow central dome and narrow flange border; to the dome, four panels of Jellinge Style tendril ornamentation within collared borders; flange pierced in two places for attachment of swags of beads; to the reverse, two sturdy pin-lugs and a catchplate; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Nerman, B. Die Vendelzeit Gotlands, Stockholm, 1969 plate VII:5 item 271. 116 grams, 99mm including stand (4"). Very fine condition.Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired from a private UK collection. [No Reserve]
9th-10th century AD. A fine bronze oval brooch with low-relief decoration of Borre-style interlaced beasts, with four prominent heads to the centre; catchplate to the reverse. See Arbman, H.: Birka, Uppsala, 1940 Taf. 60 item 4a; and Petersen, J. Vikingetidens Smykker, Stavanger, 1928 p.55 Fig.4849 (http://imgur.com/DPg3QnF"). 31 grams, 76mm (3"). Very fine condition, cleaned and conserved. Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000
9th-12th century AD.A bronze penannular brooch with round section body, terminating in a pair of wolf heads with snarling mouths and ears back, collar to the neck; the pin with wolf head to one end with band of metal from mouth securing to body of brooch. 62 grams, 80mm (3 1/4"). Very fine condition.Property of a London, UK collector; acquired London market, 1990s.
6th century AD.A gilt-bronze saucer brooch with deep lip to the rim, central panel of chip-carved Style I zoomorphs, pin-lug and catch to the reverse. Cf. MacGregor, A. & Bolick, E. A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals), Oxford, 1993 item 2.49. 8.33 grams, 26mm (1"). Very fine condition.Property of a gentleman; found near Kings Lynn, Norfolk, UK, 1995.
10th-11th century AD. A discoid bronze low-relief Shelagh na gig pendant on a suspension ring, doubling as an image of a figure embracing a bird on each side; possibly representing Odin and his two ravens, Hugin and Munin. Cf. Korshun, V.E. Yazcheskye Priveski Drevnei Rusi X-XIV Vekov, volume III, Moscow, 2013 items M4-16. 6.87 grams, pendant: 25mm (1"). Very fine condition, cleaned and conserved. Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000 Odin is the god of poetry, wisdom, lord of the dead and is known as the head of the pantheon of gods in the Scandinavian mythology. As lord of the dead he is associated with ravens, carrion animals of the battlefields. His ravens, named Hugin (meaning 'thought') and Munin (meaning 'memory'), fly from his hall every morning observing the worlds, and each evening return to Odin to perch on his shoulders and recount all that they have seen.
10th-11th century AD. A bronze discoid pendant on a large suspension ring with an openwork motif of a gripping interlaced beast. Cf. Korshun, V.E. Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013 items K43-47. 7.4 grams, pendant: 28mm (1"). Fine condition. Professionally cleaned and conserved. Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000
10th-11th century AD. A heavy bronze pendant with central oval bezel surrounded with a zoomorphic figure holding a snake on each side, with hair entangled below the circular loop to the top. 20.26 grams, 35mm (1 1/4"). Fine condition.Property of a European gentleman; acquired on the German art market before 2000. [No Reserve]
10th-11th century AD. A fine large bronze belt buckle with an openwork zoomorphic decoration comprising of two birds with long slender neck, each catching a fish, and two joined ravens' heads to the top; punched dot decoration around kidney-shaped buckle end. 21.17 grams, 65mm (2 1/2"). Very fine condition. Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. [No Reserve]
10th-11th century AD. A bronze openwork mount in the form of an s-shaped beast decorated with panels of hatching interlaced with openwork tendrils, scrolled ends turning to form the frames for the attachment rivets; the design including hatched body panels of the earlier Jellinge style, with later mesh of tendrils and lentoid eye of the Ringerike Style. Cf. the enmeshed animal mount from Hertfordshire in Backhouse, J., Turner, D.H. and Webster, L. The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art: 966-1066 London, 1984 item 107. 26 grams, 62mm (2 1/2"). Very fine condition. Very rare. From an important American collection; acquired 1990s. The Jellinge style takes its name from the ornament on a silver cup found in the north mound of the Danish royal site at Jelling, Jutland, in the burial chamber thought to be that of King Gorm, dated 958/59 AD from wooden fragments in the same site. The small cup stands on a pedestal foot and is decorated only around its bowl with a pair of interlaced animals. These beasts are typical of the Jellinge style with ornament ribbons and heads shown in profile. The long pigtail and spiral hip joint are also characteristic of the Jellinge style animals. These animals are descendants of those of the Broa style, by way of Borre. It seems to have evolved during the ninth century and was in fashion for most of the tenth century.
10th-11th century AD. A bronze figure of Christ with arms outstretched, pin holes to both hands with one pin remaining, loin cloth around waist, round eyes, long nose and slit mouth. 10 grams, 39mm (1 1/2"). Fine condition. Very rare From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent.
Late 7th-early 9th century AD. A gilt-bronze openwork bracket or fitting comprising: a D-shaped plaque with incised running zigzag to the upper face, waisted openwork plate formed as three cells flanked by S-coiled beasts; the upper beasts with one raised three-toed forelimb, D-shaped facing mask with pellet eyes, hatched detailing to the body, tribract to the shoulder, clubbed tail; the lower beasts similar with piscine details; the upper and lower cells D-shaped, the central one a lozenge, with a column of a hatched fish between; pierced at the upper corners and lower cell, two lateral pierced attachment lugs; ferrous remains, lug and part of a separate riveted bronze plate to the reverse. See Webster, L. & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900 London, 1991; Wilson, D.M. Catalogue of Antiquities of the Later Saxon Period, Volume I: Anglo-Saxon Metalwork 700-1100 in the British Museum, London, 1964. Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme with reference number DENO-4207C5; accompanied by a print out of the PAS report. 84 grams, 87mm (3 1/2"). Fine condition. Found Nottinghamshire, UK; 2013. The mount is unusual although its decoration and manufacturing technique point to an origin in Britain in the 7th-9th centuries. Its D-shaped upper face or ledge indicates that it is not the standard flat form of scabbard or harp fitting. The cells were probably intended to accept a glass inset gem or millefiori panel, although the inner panel of the central cell shows signs of having been gilded. The upper beasts show strong Irish influence in their design, which is found elsewhere in Northumbrian art in the 8th-9th century as for example on the brow fittings of the Coppergate helmet (Webster & Backhouse, item 47"). Similar heads in profile appear on the scabbard chapes from the St. Ninian's Isle Treasure (Wilson, plate IV"). The overall design of the piece is tentatively identified with the 'fish flanked by birds' motif seen for example in the Staffordshire Hoard, probably of later 7th century date.
9th-11th century AD. A bronze bifacial decorated hanger, also wearable as a pendant, formed from a rectangular register in the lower part divided by a rod with bearded male face and a pair of ravens' heads forming a large circular loop to the top. 11.59 grams, 30mm (1 1/4"). Fine condition. From an old European collection; acquired in Germany in the 1990s. [No Reserve]
9th century AD. A flat-section teardrop-shaped strap end with two attachment rivets at the narrow end; the body a bronze plaque with a silver sheet above, with incised border and Trewhiddle Style bird in profile above an S-shaped tendril with ivy-leaf terminals; the bird with a frond in its beak with curled tendrils and ivy-leaf below. Thomas, G. A Casket Fit for a West Saxon Courtier: The Plumpton Hoard and its Place in the Minor Arts of Late Anglo-Saxon England, in Reynolds, A. & Webster, L. Early Medieval Art and Archaeology in the Northern World. Studies in Honour of James Graham-Campbell, Leiden, 2013. Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme with reference number HAMP-DC1AA4.; accompanied by a print out of the PAS report. 8.15 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Fine condition, usage wear. Rare. Found near Soberton, Hampshire, UK; in 2015; declared as treasure by the Coroner under treasure reference 2015 T399 and subsequently disclaimed; accompanied by a copy of the letter from the British Museum disclaiming the find, and a copy of the provisional treasure valuation report. The strap end is not a standard type but belongs broadly to Thomas's Class A Type 1 despite the absence of the usual beast-head finial. Thomas (2013) argues for a connection between the bird motif in Trewhiddle Style as depicted on the strap end and the royal court of the West Saxons in the time of King Alfred the Great.
9th century AD. A gilt bronze Viking or Carolingian belt harness decorated with four double palmettes with scaled pattern to the columns and scrolling foliate heads; chevron border to the base with two tubular pin attachments below; with inked record number 98.22 to the reverse. 41 grams, 46mm (1 3/4"). Extremely fine condition. Property of a London gentleman; acquired from a major Mayfair gallery; acquired on the London art market in 1998; collection number 541.
9th-11th century AD. A bronze strap junction with three radiating bars, the hub formed as a triangular bearded and horned mask with pellet eyes. 6.19 grams, 31mm (1 1/4"). Very fine condition. From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent.
9th-12th century AD. A group of four bronze stylus consisting of: one with balustered collar with axe-shaped eraser to the end engraved with two ring-and-dot patterns to either side; a stylus with case, end of stylus with balustered collar with eraser in the form of an axe of Perun, case with serrated edge to one side; a stylus figure of a bird to the top; a stylus with knop to the centre and chevron pattern to body, hammer-shaped terminal. 52 grams total, 9.3-12cm (3 1/2 - 4 3/4"). Fine condition. From a private European collection; acquired Munich in the early 1990s. [4 No Reserve]
8th-11th century AD. A whittle-tanged iron-bladed knife in a folded sheet bronze sheath with suspension ring, reinforced mouth, rivetted outer edge, pointillé and tremolier geometric detailing to the incurved tip; the knife's hilt with beast-head finial modelled in the round; separate belt-hanger a Y-shaped plaque with beast-head finial and ring in its mouth. Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940 table 178; dragon-head cf. Graham-Campbell, J. The Viking World, London, 1980 p.135. 109 grams total, 7-19.5cm (2 3/4 - 7 3/4"). Fine condition. From the family collection of a London gentleman; formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent.
Lorne McKean limited edition no. 1/50 bronze sculpture of a "Hunting Cheetah", signed and numbered to base, length approximately 15 inches, comes with purchase letter, booklet and Certificate of Authenticity.* Please Note: A further 500 lots from this sale (which are not available for live bidding) can be viewed on our website: www.martelmaidesauctions.com
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