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Click here to subscribeBronze Age Anatolian Bronze Ribbed Dagger Blade2nd millennium BC. A cast dagger blade of triangular profile with a thick median rectangular rib and two attachment holes at the shoulders; the tang a short continuation of the rib. 60 grams, 20.5 cm (8"). Muscarella, O.W. Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, item 544. Property of an Essex gentleman. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Near Eastern Luristan Bronze DaggerBronze Age, 1250-650 BC. A cast dagger with flanged hilt; the blade elliptical in section with flattened ricasso; the waisted hilt formed with hollow peltoid end and flanges to the lower grip. 444 grams, 48 cm (19"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition.Starting Price: £270
Bronze Age Marlik Bronze Spearhead14th-10th century BC. A cast Type VI spearhead with a long blade and short tang; the blade long and tapering with curved shoulders; gentle curve near the point; a rivet hole at the base of the flat tang for securing the butt. 95 grams; 22.5 cm (8 3/4"). Similar to one found at the Marlik Royal Cemetery by Dr. Negahban in Tomb 12, trench XII E; see Negahban (1995:67; plate IX, 114), Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani, Arms and Armor from Iran, p.627, cat. 273. Property of an Essex gentleman. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Bronze Age Marlik Bronze Spearhead14th-10th century BC. A cast Type VI spearhead with a long blade and short tang; the blade long and tapering with curved shoulders, gentle curve near the point; a rivet hole to the base of the flat tang for securing the butt. 115 grams; 26 cm (10 1/4"). Similar to one found at the Marlik Royal Cemetery by Dr. Negahban in Tomb 12, trench XII E; see Negahban (1995:67; plate IX, 114), Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani, Arms and Armor from Iran, p.627; cat. 273. Property of an Essex gentleman. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Near Eastern Luristan Bronze SpearheadBronze Age, 1250-650 BC. A cast spearhead of an unusual type with lozenge-section tapering blade developing to a pair of D-shaped flanges with square-section tang to the centre; the tang bent to one side, ending in a bossed stud. 489 grams, 37 cm (14 1/2"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition.Starting Price: £100
Bronze Age Luristan/Marlik Bronze Spearhead14th-10th century BC. A cast variant of the type V spearhead with flat, slender, curving blade; piriform profile and short tang; double raised midrib curving outward at the shoulders. 85 grams; 23 cm (9"). Similar to one found at the Marlik Royal Cemetery by Dr. Negahban in Tomb 47, trench XXII E; see Negahban (1995:67; plate VIII, 100), Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani, Arms and Armor from Iran, p.625, cat. 270. Property of an Essex gentleman. [No Reserve] A very good example, slight ripple in the blade otherwise in very fine condition. Rare.Starting Price: £5
Chinese Bronze Pole-axeLate Eastern Chow, circa 1000 BC. A cast pole-axe blade with broad single-edged blade, square-ended with hooked tip; the rear edge decorated with a band of reserved animal ornament to each face and openwork scrolled T-shaped knops; the handle decorated with incised dog motifs. 1.1 kg, 43 cm (17"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1990. Fine condition, tip missing.Starting Price: £400
Near Eastern Luristan Bronze CudgelBronze Age, 1250-650 BC. A cast bronze tubular cudgel with flanged rim, integral collars and herringbone-textured upper section. 390 grams, 20 cm (8"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition, original casting flaws to socket.Starting Price: £300
Near Eastern Luristan Bronze Mace-HeadBronze Age, 1250-650 BC. A cast mace-head comprising a tubular column with four long median spikes and eight shorter spikes above and below. 216 grams, 56 mm (2 1/4"). Property of a European Gentleman living in the UK; ex private collection formed in the 1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Near Eastern Luristan Bronze Mace-HeadBronze Age, 1250-650 BC. A cast mace-head with long tubular socket, flared mouth to each end and heavy bulb with three rows of lentoid protrusions. 380 grams, 12 cm (4 3/4"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition; original casting flaw to socket.Starting Price: £300
Medieval Bronze Mace-Head14th-15th century AD. A cast bronze mace-head with four pyramidal projections and a waisted square core with circular shaft hole; the faces ornamented with multiple annulets. 158 grams, 38 mm high (1 3/4"). Property of an Essex gentleman. Fine condition. Scarce type.Starting Price: £110
Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant5th-8th century AD. A cast reliquary pendant formed in three parts comprising: a cruciform hollow panel with low-relief standing figure with spread arms; another similar placed back-to-back, the figure with raised arms; a ribbed loop; all three pieces held with iron pins. 16 grams, 62 mm (2 1/2"). From an important collection of Christian artefacts formed in the 1970s and 1980s; the property of a city gentleman. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Byzantine Bronze Enamelled Reliquary Cross and ChainBalkans, 10th century AD. A cast bifacial reliquary cross pendant comprising two cruciform plates, each hollow to the rear, with geometric motifs and five enamelled discs to the outer face; the suspension loop cast and a short length of chain attached. 111 grams, 24 cm (9 1/2"). Silk collection, London, UK; formed in the 1950s. [No Reserve] Fine condition, lower securing pin absent.Starting Price: £5
Byzantine Style Bronze Engraved Christ, Mary and Joseph Plaque19th century AD. A cast discoid plaque with two holes with stylised depiction of Mary, Joseph and Christ child; the central figure a nimbate Christ, robed, standing on a plinth, his hands placed on the nimbate heads of two robed figures at the sides. 176 grams, 11.5 cm (4 1/2"). Silk collection, London, UK; formed in the 1950s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Post Medieval Bronze Openwork Processional Cross18th-19th century AD. A cast hand-held cruciform symbol comprising: a square-section handle with polyhedral blocks to the ends; a large openwork disc with Maltese cross to the centre, bands of guilloche to the field, knot-work arms and Star of David interstitial elements; a square plaque with knotwork extension, incised stylised mask to one face. 464 grams, 38.5 cm (15"). Silk collection, London, UK; formed in the 1950s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Post Medieval Large Bronze Crucifixion Wall Plaque18th-19th century AD. A cast figural plaque depicting the Crucifixion with four scenic panels surrounding; the figure of Christ nimbate with angels above; a band of Cyrillic script beneath the arms; Russian workmanship; attachment ring to the reverse. 553 grams, 16 cm (6 1/4"). Silk collection, London, UK; formed in the 1950s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Post Medieval Bronze Triptych Panel Group18th-19th century AD. A mixed group of cast triptych panels of Russian workmanship comprising: one with four square panels to the plaque and angels supporting a wreath above; one similar with blue enamel detailing to one face, Calvary scene with white and dark blue enamel to the other; one similar without enamel; all with Cyrillic text. 657 grams, 15.5-17.5 cm (6 - 6 3/4"). Silk collection, London, UK; formed in the 1950s. [3, No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Byzantine Coptic Bone Cross Group9th-12th century AD. A mixed group of bone cross pendants comprising: one flat, ring-and-dot and starburst motifs to one face; one with five round recesses and three ring-and-dot motifs; one with central bronze cell; two bifacial; one with median copper applique; one with incised starburst and chevrons. 83 grams, 48-65 mm (2 - 2 1/2"). Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman. [7, No Reserve] Fine condition.Starting Price: £5
Post Medieval Cast Bronze Inscribed `Baranov` BellDated 1840 AD. A cast suspension bell, pierced internally for attachment of a clapper, inscribed to the lower border in Cyrillic script `V M EVSESHL BARANOV 1840` with double circle stops; possibly a bell for presentation to commemorate the installation of a church or chapel bell in 1840. 655 grams, 10.5 cm (4"). From a collection of North American-related artefacts formed in London in the 1950s. Alexander Andreyavich Baranov (1746/7-1819) attained a high position in the Russian-American Company (a trading concern that operated similarly to the Hudson`s Bay Company and was granted a monopoly by Tsar Paul I) and founded the Alaska settlement at Sitka in 1799. He became the first governor of the settlements in Russian America from then until his death. He was highly influential in establishing settlements throughout the western coastal region of North America, as far south as Fort Ross, California in 1812 (at a time when American exploration of their territory to the Pacific coast was developing and America was at war with Britain; the fort, its chapel and property were sold to Sutter in 1841 when the Russian settlers returned to Alaska). His determination saw resources and ships made available for him to defend the settlements against attacks by hostile indigenous peoples, especially in 1804, against the Thlingit people, after which the city of New Archangel was founded and named after the largest city in the region of Baranov`s birth. He was also influential in providing education and religion to the native peoples and Baranov Island was named for him in 1805. Following his death, Alaska became a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1840 with the first Lutheran chapel being built that year at Kenai. Baranov is considered to be the founder of Alaska and several ships, including a World War II liberty ship, have borne his name.[No Reserve] Fine condition, small chip to rim. Rare.Starting Price: £5
*Nuttall (Frances Amy, 1892-1983). A small archive of calligraphic and illuminated books and leaves, original drawings, sketchbooks, and effects, comprising three bound items: a 10pp. calligraphic illuminated ms. on vellum with historiated initials entitled A Christmas Carol, 1951, orig. red morocco, sheet size 15 x 12cm (6 x 4.75ins); a 5ff. calligraphic ms. entitled The Retreat, 1938, orig. linen-backed patterned boards, slim 8vo; and a 40pp. calligraphic ms. beginning `Thou hast made me...`, orig. patterned boards, 8vo, together with five framed and glazed items: illuminated coat-of-arms of the Ashbourne family, 15.5 x 12.5cm (6 x 5ins); illustrated calligraphic poem by M.M. Letts `The poor have childer and to spare...`, 35 x 14cm (13.75 x 5.5ins); illuminated coat-of-arms of the Le Quesne family, 22 x 10.5cm (8.5 x 4ins); a calligraphic quotation from A Sleep of Prisoners by Christopher Fry, 1953, 44 x 28.5cm (17.25 x 11.25ins); and a calligraphic quotation from Defence of Images by Maximus of Tyre, 24.5 x 17.5cm (9.5 x 7ins), plus a small sketchbook with approx. 40pp. filled with pencil and pen & ink drawings (plus some blank leaves), mostly head and shoulder ports., but some full-length, plus landscapes, furniture, etc., sheet size 10 x 16.5cm (4 x 6.5ins), orig. linen, plus fifteen pencil and crayon or watercolour drawings of Indian people and scenes (`Hawkers`, `a Bullock cart`, `A Beggar man`, `Broom-seller`, `Mofussil postal runner`, etc.), signed and dated 1913, some edge-fraying, 20 x 24cm (8 x 9.5ins) and smaller, plus a number of other calligraphic sheets, a tooled leather handbag and writing case similar, some printed Christmas cards and other reproductions of Nuttall`s works, her Royal Drawing Society`s Bronze medal in orig. case, a Nuttall family armorial seal, and a few other pieces of related ephemera. Frances Nuttall was born in India of English parents. Her father was a well-known architect and water-diviner, and her grandfather was the Government Astronomer in Madras, Norman Pogson. She was educated in England, and was offered a place at the Slade School of Art, but she returned to India instead. However, she subsequently attended Exeter Art School and studied calligraphy and illumination under Ruth Wood. Her skill and craftmanship in calligraphy obtained her many commissions, including some for the Royal Family, such as a loyal address to Queen Elizabeth II on her accession. Frances was a member of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators, and was elected to Fellowship of the Society of Designer-Craftsmen. Her artistic skills extended into leatherwork, glove-making, tatting and bookbinding, in which crafts she lectured and gave courses at Denman College and local institutes. In later life she moved to Glastonbury where she was much involved in the Chalice Well Trust and the early Glastonbury movement. Her much-loved `Prayer of the Chalice` continues to have worldwide circulation. (a carton)
A late seventeenth / early eighteenth century South Indian belt dagger, with later feather patterned Damascus blade, length 34.5 cm. CONDITION REPORT: The later blade with traces of Damascus now blackened and with evidence of re-sharpening. The blackened bronze hilt with typical eagles head and opposite quillions retaining traces of gilding.
SIR JOSEPH EDGAR BOEHM (1834-1890); a large bronze hunting group centred with a huntsman before his horse holding aloft a fox with nine hounds at his feet, raised on a naturalistic circular plinth, signed, height 27cm, diameter approx 28cm. CONDITION REPORT: Lacking riding crop which should be in his right hand, the bronze is of good colour however many of the animals appear to have been cast separately and applied. Several of them do not sit tightly to the base and would require attention.
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