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Click here to subscribe9th-7th century BC. A bronze spectacle brooch formed as two large tightly-wound coils with figure of eight shaped intermediate coils, pin and catchplate to the reverse. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, item 186.48 grams, 83mm (3 1/4"). Ex Bernard C. Pickard collection, Hampshire, UK; formerly with Richard Hattatt; received as a present from Mr Hattatt around 1980.[No Reserve] Fine condition.
1st century BC-1st century AD. A substantial bronze quatrefoil bridle mount with two slider bars to the reverse, thick (4mm) plaque, incised La Tène style decoration with hatched zigzag, concentric rings, red enamel cells with reserved detailing of stylised faces. Cf. Megaw, R. & V. Celtic Art - From its Beginnings to the Book of Kells, London, 1989, pl.XX for type.116 grams, 79mm (3 1/4"). From the collection of a Tyne & Wear, UK, gentleman; found in Buxton, Derbyshire, UK, by his late father in law, Mr Edward Robinson, during the 1960s or 1970s; thence by descent. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] Extremely fine condition, of museum quality. One of the most beautiful and well preserved British Celtic objects we have seen, a world class object.
3rd-5th century AD. A Kiev culture bronze openwork brooch formed with geometric panels of red enamel and voids, trapezoidal body with pelta-shaped footplate; catch and staple to the reverse. 57 grams, 14cm (5 1/2"). Property of a European gentleman; acquired on the German art market before 2000. The Kiev archaeological culture was located in the basin of the rivers Dnieper and Visla between the 3rd and 5th centuries; archaeologists connect this culture with the historical ancestors of the Slavs. However, there are suggestions that in different regions of the Kiev culture the ethnogenetic processes were not the same. In some cases, the Slavic component prevailed, whilst Baltic and others were dominant elsewhere. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
1st century AD. A mixed group of bronze dragonesque brooches and fragments comprising: DB2 openwork brooch of the 'eye' type; DB8 brooch of Brigantian type with rectangular cells to the body; DB13 brooch with plano-convex section; DB15 brooch of the Brigantes, ridged body type; DB20 brooch with one trumpet finial remaining.For DB15, Chris Rudd List 41, p.5; commented on by Richard Feachem, examined by Dr Anne Ross and later acquired by collector Don Lee; accompanied by a copy of the relevant catalogue pages. 62 grams total, 33-55mm (1 1/4 - 2 1/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection numbers DB2, DB8, DB13, DB15 & DB20; found Malton, North Yorkshire; Boroughbridge, Yorkshire; Catterick, North Yorkshire and formerly in the Don Lee collection; and near York, Yorkshire, UK. Chris Rudd has collected ancient coins and antiquities since the 1940s. As an amateur archaeologist he found many himself at Badbury Rings, Dorset, 1952-53. He also dug at Hod Hill with Professor Sir Ian Richmond and at Wroxeter with Dame Kathleen Kenyon and Dr Graham Webster. Today he is best known as a Celtic coin dealer. His catalogues have been described as ‘an important research source’ by Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe and ‘treasure houses of delight’ by Dr Anne Ross. Coins and artefacts associated with Chris Rudd – as a collector, dealer and valuer – can be seen in The British Museum and other museums. This collection was formed since the 1970s. [5] Fine condition.
3rd-1st century BC. A bronze tongue-shaped scabbard chape with two retaining straps to the reverse, openwork profile beast with billets above, opposed claws and central void beneath the chin; billetted band to the mouth. 50 grams, 95mm (3 3/4"). Property of a European gentleman; acquired on the German art market before 2000.[No Reserve] Fine condition.
5th-4th century BC. A bronze heart-shaped pendant with addorsed goat-heads to the upper corners flanking a pierced suspension lug, trapezoidal plaque below with ring-and-dot ornament to both faces; loop to one goat's mouth; Danubian workmanship. 99 grams, 86mm (3 1/2"). Private collection, North London; acquired in the early 1980s. Fine condition.
A JAPANESE IVORY AND BRONZE OKIMONO OF A TOBACCO SELLER, MEIJI PERIOD, 1868 – 1912 NOT SUITABLE FOR EXPORT seated in heavily draped patchwork attire wearing straw-rope sandals, waraji, his head tilted to the right in pensive expression, the left hand resting on the knee clutching a circular kagamibuta suspending a drawstring tobacco pouch, tabako-ire, a rectangular tobacco case, tonkotsu, together with a pipe case, kiseru-zutsu, resting against his extended left foot, on a detachable carved wooden stand, minor distress, minor restorations26cm high excluding stand (2)
AN ANTIQUE FRENCH COPPER LAVABO, EARLY 19TH CENTURY The central front panel of the upper storage tank repousséd with a French Royal coat of arms, two bronze spouts to the lid and two bronze spigots to the base of the tank. The lower basin repousséd with foliate and both fitted with wall mountings (3) PROVENANCE The Craig Troeberg Collection (3)
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