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Lot 434
1st-2nd century AD. A mixed group of bronze bow and plate brooches and fragments including Colchester type, Dolphin type, T-shaped, Langton Down type, fantail type, Alesia type, Aucissa typeHod Hill type. trumpet type and others. Ex Kelway collection; formed between 1975 and 2015; found Lincolnshire, UK, prior to a Time Team dig on an important Iron Age and Roman site. 550 grams total, 14-58mm (1/2 - 2 1/4"). [74, No Reserve] Mainly fine condition.
Lot 428
1st century BC-1st century AD. A bronze cosmetic grinder tool comprising a loop handle flanked by an addorsed bull-head and bird-head, facing mask to one side with large pellet eyes, flat underside. Ex Kelway collection; formed between 1975 and 2015; found Lincolnshire, UK, prior to a Time Team dig on an important Iron Age and Roman site. 36 grams, 49mm (2"). [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 82
12th-15th century AD. A pair of bronze finger rings comprising: a flat-section hoop with expanding shoulders, discoid plaque with spread eagle motif; a flat-section hoop with square shoulders, discoid plaque with intaglio bird motif. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. 8.75 grams total, 18-23mm (3/4 - 1"). [2, No Reserve] Fair condition.
Lot 365
17th century AD or later. By T. Rawlins, bronze gilt, oval with sewing loops. Obv: profile bust of king with CAROLVS D G MAG BRITAN FRAN ET HIB REX FI D legend. Rev: profile bust of queen with T RAWLINS below and HENRETTA MARIA D G MAG BRITAN FRAN ET HIB REG legend. Eimer 166b (in silver); MI i, 216 (in silver or silver-gilt"). Royalist badges and medallions were produced in many forms in the 17th century; this is a later period cast. 10.33 grams, 43mm long. [No Reserve] Good fine; lower loop broken.
Lot 93
14th-15th century AD. A mixed group comprising: a bronze patrix die for tongue-shaped strap ends; a D-shaped domed plaque; a gilt fleur-de-lys plaque; a gilt double-loop buckle; an openwork appliqué; a gilt pendant with central boss and radiating trefoil arms;a gilt lion-mask appliqué. Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. 98 grams total, 24-59mm (1 - 2 1/4"). [7, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 14
10th-12th century AD. A group of bronze pendants comprising: an openwork knot with beaded detailing; one similar with the knot rotated to the diagonal; a lozenge with lobe to each angle, lattice to the body. Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. 5.65 grams total, 23-31mm (1 - 1 1/4"). [3, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 45
2nd millennium BC and later. A mixed group of bronze items comprising: three triangular-section socketed arrowheads; a leaf-shaped arrowhead with tang; a lozengiform arrowhead with tang; a cage pin terminal with knop finial; a pin with poppy-head finial; a pin with discoid finial, high-relief anthropomorphic design, pierced in two places. Private collection, London, UK; formerly with Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s. Cf. Muscarella, O.W. Bronze and Iron. Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, items 180, 181, 184, 208. 90 grams total, 3-11cm (1 1/4 - 4"). [8] Fair and fine condition.
Lot 311
10th-15th century AD. A mixed group comprising: an iron firesteel; a bronze tubular necklace component; an axe pendant; two bronze finger rings; a heart-shaped tag; two heater-shaped plaques; a palmette plaque fragment; two Y-shaped belt keepers; three stirrup-shaped dangles; three T-shaped bronze belt plaques; four openwork triangular garment hooks; six buckle frames; a U-shaped ropework plaque; a beast-head plaque; two silvered strap ends; a domed lug; a domed plaque with radiating arms; a bronze openwork plaque with scroll. Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. 143 grams total, 19-77mm (3/4 - 3"). [34, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 34
10th-12th century AD. A bronze D-section lunate pendant with median facing mask above a trefoil, pelletted bands, profile beast-head finials; loop above. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. 2 grams, 16mm (3/4"). [No Reserve] Fine condition, loop partly absent.
Lot 383
Dated 1933 AD. Silver issue, by D. George Collins Ltd, London. Obv: draped male figure with SERVANT TO THE HOME and HOOVER legend. Rev: engraved THE / HOOVER WAR / OF 1933 / M.S.W.M. / L.W.ANDERSON legend in five lines, within wreath, with stamped Birmingham hallmark for 1932; with orange/brown ribbon and dated pin bar and leatherette case. Bronze issue. Obv: engraved THE / HOOVER WAR / OF 1933 / MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES legend in four lines. Rev: engraved L.W.ANDERSON; with orange/brown ribbon and enamelled dated pin bar. Property of an Essex, UK collector; acquired on the UK art market, 1980-1990. During the post-Wold War I period, Hoover Ltd, the famous vacuum-cleaner manufacturing company, awarded military style medals struck in bronze and silver to its travelling sales agents, likening their door-to-door selling method to a military campaign. 95 grams total (silver medal 22.40 grams), case 11 x 6cm. [2, No Reserve] Extremely fine.
Lot 300
2nd-17th century AD. A mixed group comprising: a bronze finger ring with scaphoid bezel; a finger ring with bifid hoop, discoid bezel; a finger ring with guilloche pattern cell (stone absent); a discoid cap; a clasp fragment; a collection of eight bronze and lead cruciform pendants, two in glazed wooden frames. Property of an American gentleman; acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. 503 grams total, frames: 12.5cm (5"). [13, No Reserve] Mainly fine condition.
Lot 318
An undated archaistic plain bronze D-section hoop expanding to an elliptical bezel with raised central panel, pouncing lion intaglio. Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. 5.62 grams, 22mm overall, 16.00 x 18.36mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.16, Japan 13) (1"). [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 121
A Han style undated archaistic large bronze egg shaped urn, the two halves fitting together to form a whole; each half has three feet in the shape of a circle with projecting hook, handles to either side in the shape of a loop; the body is decorated with abstract cloud and smoke patterns. From an important London collection, acquired in the 1970s. 4 kg, 33cm (13"). Fair condition.
Lot 103
12th-14th century AD. A pair of small buckles comprising: one D-shaped, silver-gilt with scrolled tendril detailing; one round-section, bronze, with beast-heads to the loop. Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. 5.35 grams total, 18-20mm (3/4"). [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 491
12th-15th century AD. A quantity of metal-detector finds comprising: a bronze beehive thimble; four lead spindle whorls; a hollow bronze faceted collar; four bronze ingot fragments; three openwork bronze belt mounts; a bronze buckle with tongue; two stirrup-shaped bronze swivel parts; two bronze casket keys; a barrel tap; two bronze belt straps with loop; six bronze mounts; a square gilt-bronze mount with saltire ornament; a bronze openwork belt plaque with integral loop; a gilt-bronze buckle with tongue; a small bronze buckle with tongue and strap; a plaque with beaded saltire motif; a bronze ring-thimble; seven bronze buckle loops; seven bronze buckle frames; a bronze mount with beast-head and bird-head finials. Found Exton, Rutland, UK, early 1990s. 807 grams total, 18-53mm (3/4 - 2"). [48, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 309
10th-17th century AD. A mixed group comprising: a bronze chain with palmette finials, linked hoops; two silver spherical dangles; two silver clothes fastener tags; two bronze buckle loops; a failed casting for a plate brooch; a silver hexagonal plaque with central boss; a discoid button; a domed mount with four radiating arms; a bronze fang-shaped pendant; a gilt-bronze rosette plaque. From a private Austrian collector; acquired in the 1980s. 155 grams total, 17-74mm (3/4 - 3"). [13, No Reserve] Mainly fine condition.
Lot 308
12th-14th century AD. A pair of discoid bronze pendants with integral pierced lug, one with low-relief image of Mary with infant Jesus one her right, the other with the Dormition of the Virgin. Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. 4.76 grams total, 27-30mm (1 - 1 1/4"). [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 104
13th-15th century AD. A pair of bronze finger rings comprising: a D-section hoop with discoid bezel, hatched shoulders, Cyrillic monogram (???); a D-section hoop with expanding shoulders, discoid plaque with scrolled foliage. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. 9.54 grams total, 19-24mm (3/4 - 1"). [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 64
2nd century BC-2nd century AD. A pair of bronze brooches comprising: a La Tène type II bow brooch; a plate brooch of a horse with tinned surface, ring-and-dot eye and rump. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. 13 grams total, 34-39mm (1 1/4 - 1 1/2"). [2, No Reserve] Very fine condition.
Lot 77
10th-11th century AD. A mixed group of bronze items comprising: a stirrup mount with beast-heads to the two lower angles, two holes for attachment studs, ledge to the reverse; a split strap end with D-section beast head finial, ring-and-dot detailing, ferrous pin; a discoid belt mount with ring-and-dot motifs, transverse bar with incised zigzag. Found Exton, Rutland, UK, early 1990s. Cf. Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, item 379. 20 grams total, 20-35mm (3/4 - 1 1/2"). [3, No Reserve] Fair condition.
Lot 119
2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of bronze tools comprising: a round-section tapering awl with lateral flanges, domed top; a chisel with square-section shank; eight double-ended pins. From a Surrey, UK, collection; formed before 2000. 57 grams total, 48-97mm (2 - 4"). [10, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 305
1st-17th century AD. A mixed group comprising: a blue glass bead with white eyes; a bronze cruciform pendant and loop; a pair of bronze tweezers; a bronze pine-cone finial; a gilt-bronze mount with domed centre; two lead seals; a bronze dress-pin finial; a hexagonal bronze collet; six finger ring fragments; a ring-key fragment; a bronze strip fragment; a bronze strap end; a bronze belt slider; a silver pierced plaque. From a Surrey, UK, collection; formed before 2000. 138 grams total, 18-72mm (3/4 - 3"). [20, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 16
14th-16th century AD. A bronze lamp filler with hemispherical bowl, two small lateral trefoil lugs to the flange rim, large flange handle to the rear, U-section filler channel; three small feet to the underside. Private collection, London, UK; formerly with Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s. 35 grams, 90mm (3 1/2"). [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 21
2nd millennium BC. A mixed pair comprising: a narrow round-section bronze penannular bracelet with tapering snake-head ends; a bronze penannular bracelet with clubbed finials. Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman; acquired on the London art market 1990s. 25 grams total, 63-71mm (2 1/2 - 2 3/4"). [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 508
Dated 1797 to 1893 AD. Group comprising: George III, second issue, cartwheel penny (1; 1797); halfpenny, third issue (1; 1799); penny, new coinage (1; 1806); William IV, penny (1; 1831); Victoria, young head, (1; 1841OT); bronze issue (2; 1891, 1893); with Ireland, George IV, penny (1; 1822"). 129 grams total. [8, No Reserve] Fine.
Lot 18
12th-14th century AD. A mixed group of bronze patrix dies comprising: two fleur-de-lys types; a D-shaped escutcheon with trefoil motif; a D-shaped escutcheon with trefoil motif and lobe above; two domed discs with ribbing; a D-section bar with beast-head to each end. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. 108 grams total, 19-46mm (3/4 - 1 3/4"). [7, No Reserve] Very fine condition.
Lot 438
20th century AD. A bronze ewer, or Bhumba, with flared base, piriform body, waisted neck and flared rim, two loop handles to the neck, dragon-shaped strap handle to the rear and similar spout; to each broad face a low-relief image of a facing scaly dragon above a mountain peak; small domed lid with knop handle. Private collection, West London, UK; acquired in the 1990s. A Bhumba is used in Buddhist and Hindu rituals for making offerings of water to the deity in a shrine. 714 grams, 22.5cm (9"). [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 324
A bronze undated archaistic oil lamp with broad discus, short nozzle, lozenge-section handle curved to the rear with grotesque mask finial; the discus with concentric rings and scene of two figures and an altar with patera. From an old Bristol, UK, collection; acquired before 1930; from the Earl of Kintore Collection, Keith Hall, Inverurie. 164 grams, 10cm (4"). [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
Lot 131
19th century AD. An iron dagger comprising a single-edged blade and curved grip; the blade with silver repoussé appliqués and an inset panel of silver with palmette motifs to each face and the back of the blade, scrolled bronze bolster, carved wooden(?) scales. Private collection, London, UK; formerly with Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK in the 1980s. Cf. Capwell, Dr. T. Knives, Daggers and Bayonets, London, 2009, p.215 for type. 226 grams, 31cm (12 1/4"). Fine condition.
Lot 22
9th-12th century AD. A group of bronze pendants comprising: a crescent with raised linear detail; a gilt crescent with knop detailing; a winged St. Michael with spear. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. 14 grams total, 27-36mm (1 - 1 1/2"). [3, No Reserve] Fine condition, usage wear.
Lot 448
Urartu, 9th-6th century BC. A bronze plaque formed as two elliptical panels, each with two raised bosses, separated by a vertical scooped bar with median bull's head modelled in the round; two T-shaped pegs to the reverse. UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. 385 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Fine condition.
Lot 152
10th-15th century AD. A mixed group of cruciform pendants comprising: a pierced sheet silver plaque, pierced with central claws setting; a bifacial bronze encolpion; a flat-section bronze with enamel fill to both faces; a bronze cross botonny with Corpus Christi to the obverse. Acquired on the German art market 1980-1990. 25 grams total, 27-39mm (1 - 1 1/2"). [4, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 264
20th century AD. A pair of bronze Indian (?) padlocks, each in the shape of fish with arching body and prominent dorsal scales; details of the body scales, tail and faces in punched dot decoration; sliding lock plate to the rear, bar extending from a plate in the head. Property of an American lady; acquired 1970s-1990s. 1 kg total, 22cm (8 1/2"). [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 188
19th-early 20th century AD. A pair of necklaces comprising: one of tubular and globular serpentine(?) and gilt bronze beads; one similar of globular beads. Property of an American gentleman; acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. 209 grams total, 55-58cm (21 1/2 - 22 3/4"). [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 105
13th-15th century AD. A mixed group comprising: a bronze ring brooch with six radiating arms, raised pellet detailing; a discoid pendant with billeted border, band of text(?), integral loop. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. 13 grams total, 28-40mm (1 - 1 1/2"). [2, No Reserve] Fine condition, small crack to pendant.
Lot 263
19th-early 20th century AD. A bronze incense burner formed as a pixiu with removable head, open mouth, vents to rear of head and flanks, chop seal to the underside. Property of an American gentleman; acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. 370 grams, 10cm (4"). [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 279
12th-20th century AD. A mixed group comprising: a vesica seal matrix; a heater-shield stamp seal matrix; an ovoid plaque with scroll detailing; a bronze loop with enamelled plaque; a bronze cylindrical inkwell with bell-shaped lid; a reproduction Han period bronze mirror. Ex Booth collection; acquired on the UK art market. 515 grams total, 2-13.5cm (3/4 - 5 1/4"). [6, No Reserve] Mainly fine condition.
Lot 432
1st-2nd century AD. A mixed group of bronze brooches comprising: a gilt disc brooch; an enamelled lozenge plate brooch; a plate brooch with conical glass insert; an enamelled headstud brooch; a rosette brooch; four dolphin bow brooches; an Aesica type bow brooch. Ex Kelway collection; formed between 1975 and 2015; found Lincolnshire, UK, prior to a Time Team dig on an important Iron Age and Roman site. 134 grams total, 33-59mm (1 1/4 - 2 1/4"). [10, No Reserve] Mainly fine condition.
Lot 70
12th-17th century AD. A mixed group of bronze finger rings comprising: two with thick hoop, rectangular bezel; one similar with floral bezel; ten with discoid bezel, geometric motif; one with discoid bezel, pad to the underside; four with elliptical bezel; one with discoid cell; one with flat rosette; one with pyramidal bezel. Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman; acquired on the London art market 1990s. 107 grams total, 18-31mm (3/4 - 1 1/4"). [20, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 270
An undated archaistic bronze short sword with D-shaped pommel, dragon-heads to the cross-guard, leaf-shaped blade with incised dragon motif, scabbard with dragons and lingzhi in low relief. Property of an American gentleman; acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. 741 grams, 53cm (21"). [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 59
13th-17th century AD. A mixed group of bronze finger rings comprising: three with discoid bezel, hatched design; one with scaphoid bezel and pad to the underside; one with Greek text to the bezel; two with square bezel, geometric designs; one with openwork shoulders; one with volute scrolled edges to the bezel; one with two cells to accept cloisons; one with teardrop bezel; one with rosette bezel; one with elliptical bezel, butted ends; one round-section with incised lines to the outer face; five with domed rosette bezel. Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman; acquired on the London art market 1990s. 71 grams total, 18-24mm (3/4 - 1"). [18, No Reserve] Mainly fine condition.
Lot 260
20th century AD. A hollow-cast rectangular bronze seal block with high-relief designs of opposed dragons to three sides, rectangular panel with ornament and four reserved characters to the front; to the underside, a reserved block of six Chinese characters and two lines of cursive script; the handle formed as a dragon surrounded by lingzhi fungi grasping a pearl supported by two dragon-heads. From a central London collection formed between 1990-2000. 1.7 kg, 18cm (7"). Fine condition.
Lot 431
1st-3rd century AD. A mixed group of mainly bronze items and fragments including military pendants, a miniature steelyard, two finger rings, brooches, a dolphin buckle loop, and other items. Ex Kelway collection; formed between 1975 and 2015; found Lincolnshire, UK, prior to a Time Team dig on an important Iron Age and Roman site. The steelyard recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme with reference number NLM-BF6842; accompanied by a print out of the PAS report. 384 grams, 11-71mm (1/2 - 2 3/4"). [70, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 302
9th-11th century AD. A mixed group of bronze fittings comprising: a lozengiform plaque with foliate ends; a dagger chape with band of tendrils, beaded edge; two buckles; a tongue-shaped strap end; a heater-shaped stud; a rectangular stud; two rosette studs; a D-shaped stud with scroll detailing; a stud with addorsed scrolls and knop. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. 54 grams total, 13-64mm (1/2 - 2 1/2"). [11, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 441
20th century AD. A rectangular bronze chop seal with the handle formed as a pixiu crouching and with the head raised, bifid tail curled to the rump; to the underside, a dense block of reserved rectilinear characters. London private collection, acquired 1985-1995. 527 grams, 85mm (3 1/4"). [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 101
11th-14th century AD. A mixed group of bronze appliqués comprising: one openwork lozengiform plaque with lobed extension to each end, crescentic finial with median spur, pierced for attachment; two leaf-shaped openwork plaques with openwork heart-shaped centre, frieze of birds to the border, lozenge tone end and fish-tail to the other; one plaque remains of gilding. From the collection of a North West London gentleman; acquired in the 1980s. 86 grams total, 84-98mm (3 1/4 - 3 3/4"). [3, No Reserve] Fine condition, usage wear.
Lot 5
14th-15th century AD. A group of three bronze pendants comprising: a disc with quatrefoil and roundels; an octofoil with enamel fill; an octofoil with raised disc to the centre and winged lion. From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. 26 grams total, 29-33mm (1 1/4"). [3, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 211
A substantial undated archaistic bronze pendant of Mjölnir the hammer of the god Þórr (Thor) in 9th-11th century AD style, with square-section shank, broad pentagonal head, bulb finial with suspension hole formed front-to-back, surface stamped with triangular marks with a pellet to each angle. Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. 41 grams, 60mm (2 1/4"). [No Reserve] Fine condition.
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