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Click here to subscribeAFTER TOM MURPHY circa 2002, a "cold cast bronze" plaque of John Lennon, a "cold cast bronze" figure of John Lennon walking, his hands in pockets, a painted plaque by Rick Myers "Lennon 1940-1980", and an ebonised bust of John Lennon entitled "Imagine" stamped verso "EDG", together with a bronzed pair of Beatles book-ends as a base drum and four busts
Two boxes of various Beatles ephemera to include an "Imagine" white painted metal piano table lighter and ashtray, an Invictor Plastics set of five plastic jewellery brooches as guitars, a wall clock "Strawberry Fields Forever", a Sgt. Pepper`s Lonely Hearts Club Band watch, wooden guitar shaped box, boxed, two Beatles clocks, a Fab Four battery operated clock, a plastic apple easel mirror, various John Lennon style round rimmed glasses, a black plastic vintage style telephone bearing central badge "Albert Dock The Beatles Story Liverpool", an Abbey Road in plastic guitar shaped case, a "Beatles For Sale" watch in black plastic guitar shaped box, a set of The Swingers party cake decorations and candle holders with original casing, a bag of Emirober Beatlemania plastic figures with Paul Macartney tag, another set with John Lennon tag, a set of four coal cast bronze figures of The Beatles, a Dora John Lennon guitar lighter, various keyrings, a Ludwig drum kit lighter, a "Peace" light ornament and a box for a "Yeah Yeah Yeah" CD player as a vintage record player (contents missing)
A Dutch bronze carronade, dated 1803, with pierced threaded pommel (for adjusting elevation) and securing ring to the moulded cascabel, aft and front sights to the tapered two-stage barrel terminating in a moulded muzzle with 7 inch bore, the base with integral cast trunnion ring, the barrel indistinctly cast with a ribbon inscribed ..AFSCHE REPBLIEK near the first reinforce and AMST. A. 1803 adjacent to vent hole, (erosion and wear to one side) 149cm long, 35cm maximum diameter. Provenance: The property of a private collector. Recovered from the wreck of an early 19th century Dutch East Indiaman off the west coast of Africa which was lost on a return trip from Batavia with a cargo including redundant cannon for smelting, the current lot was part of the operational armament of the vessel. Purchased directly from the salvers circa 1980. The carronade (named after the foundry in Carron, Scotland) was developed in around 1770 by the Royal Navy and had the advantages of providing increased firepower with a significant reduction in weight compared to standard muzzle loaders of the period. This was achieved by reducing the charge (typically rated the next calibre down from the bore) and improving the tolerances between the projectile and bore to reduce ÔwindageÕ. The result was a cannon which weighed around a quarter of the weight of the standard model of the same calibre however the range of the projectile was reduced to less than half. The carronade, due to its shorter barrel and lighter weight, also required a smaller gun crew. The Royal Navy soon realised that these advantages meant that the firepower on the upper decks of a vessel could be significantly increased by replacing smaller calibre long muzzle guns with carronades. This additional firepower became particularly advantageous during close quarter action particularly when grapeshot was employed to literally clear the decks. This, and the ability for the larger projectiles to create devastating splinters causing horrific wounds resulted in the carronade often being called the ÔmurdererÕ. The carronade was also ideal for deployment on merchant vessels as it provided an effective deterrent against close quarter action. The current lot was employed in this capacity on a vessel which was lost on a return leg from Batavia with a cargo including redundant bronze artillery for smelting. The inscription and date indicates that it was cast during the period of the Dutch Batavian Republic (1795-1806) when the Netherlands was essentially an annexe of the French Empire under Napoleon.
A patinated bronze group of a fallen knight, a maiden and his steed, late 19th century, cast after J Louch, the horse standing over the warrior, lying on the ground between its forelegs, the maiden portrayed in Medieval dress and kneeling beside them, the naturalistically cast rectangular base inscribed J LOUCH, 35cm high, 49cm long
A Bronze Age flanged axehead, with crescentic cutting edge, 14.7cm long; a Bronze Age socketed axe with side loop, 10.8cm long, an old label ink inscribed: Ô 5 mo 1862 .- Celt found in digging a Water-course from the The Brooks Quarry to the Glebe Farm House in the Parish of Irthington, Cumberland,Õ and a Bronze Age side-looped spearhead with raised central rib, 18.2cm long, mounted on card, ink inscribed: ÔAncient British Bronze Spear-head, found by a Drainer in the spring of 1858, about 3 feet 6 inches underground, in a bed of clay, at Gaitsgill in Cumberland. It is 7 inches long; depth of socket 4 inches, and its present weight 2 oz.-Õ, circa 1500-800 B.C., and a bronze key, possibly Medieval, with an old ink inscribed label: ÔFound underground at the Gas Works in Carlisle abt 1859.-Õ
A pair of gilt metal figural wall appliques, early 20th century, each cast with a putto herm holding a torchere aloft, with opaque glass flambeau shade, on circular backplates, 41cm high overall; a pair of Victorian green glass and bronze mounted cornucopia vases, late 19th century, each on a rectangular marble base, 14cm high; a Continental gilt metal candleholder modelled as a cherub holding an urn, circa 1900, 22cm high; and two gilt metal photograph frames, early 20th century
A Chinese bronze figure, reclining lobed base, width 9 cm, together with a quantity of bronze, brass and gilt metal items to include and Indian figures and an incense burner with cover, with an oriental carved wood and bone inlaid box, with carry handle, front opening cover, overall decorated with bone inlaid foliate forms, width 23 cm, with a quantity of Chinese coins, (a lot).
Constantine I (The Great) ` Campgate` AE Follis - bronze 324-325 AD Obverse: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head right. Reverse: PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG, camp gate, six layers, teo turrets, star above, mintmark STR in exerque, Constantine I (The Great) `Votive` AE Follis - bronze 320-321 AD Obverse CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head right. Reverse: DN CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, around VOT XX crescent in three lines within wreath, mintmark STA, Constantine I (The Creat) `Votive@ AE Follis - bronze 320-321 AD Obverse CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head right. Reverse: DN CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, around VOT XX crescent in three lines within wreath. Mintmark ST.
Very rare Constantine I (The Great) `Sol Follis` - Bronze 316 AD. Obverse: IMP CONSTANTINVS PF AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing right, head left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding globe and raising right hand, T-F across fields, mintmark PARL, Rare Constantine I (The Great) `Bust of Sol` 312-318 AD SF mint mark MSL, Constantine I (The Great) `Globe on Altar` AE Follis and Constantine I (The Great) `Globe on Altar` AE Follis - bronze 322-323 AD Obverse: CONSTA-NTINVS AVG, laureate bust right, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre. Reverse BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VO - TIS - XX in three lines, three stars above, mintmark dot STR dot. Good very fine. Victorinus `Pietas` Antoninianus - Bronze, Southern mint 268-270 AD Obverse: IMP C VICTORINVS PF AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: PIETAS AVG, Pietas, veiled, standing left by narrow altar, holding patera
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