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Islands off Caria, Kos, triple siglos, c. 480 BC, ??S, diskobolos, nude and facing, leaning to his right, about to hurl discus; on left, tripod, rev., incuse square, diagonally divided, 16.51g, a few minor marks, otherwise about extremely fine and an extremely rare variety of a very rare coinageReferences: Barron group A, obverse die A1, reverse die cf. P6-7; cf. Traité pl. 148, 9-13; Kraay/Hirmer 639; Jenkins 126. Provenance: Bank Leu 45, Zurich, 26 May 988, lot 226; Münzen und Medaillen 41, Basel, 18 June 1970, lot 228. Note: The much admired iconography of the early 5th century coins of Kos relates to the Triopian Games held in honour of Apollo by Kos, Knidos and the three cities of Rhodes, Kimiros, Ialysos and Lindos. Bronze tripods were the prizes which the victors were expected to dedicate to the god. Herodotus (1, 144) related that when a certain Agasikles of Halikarnassos won, he disregarded this convention, taking the prize away and nailing it to the wall of his house. For this offence, Halikarnassos was banned from participating in the Games by the other cities. Jenkins, in Greek Coins, described this unique coin design thus: "The lean wiry form of the athlete`s body just about to be released like a spring, is vividly conveyed in the taut style which belongs to the early classical period; the tripod completes and at the same time balances the composition".
Late C19th/Early C20th Swiss Gilt Bronze Miniature Timepiece, movement marked Valne Swiss, platform escapement, silvered plates, case marked Valne Swiss, metal d`or, numbered 3274, matching movement number, hinged drop flap back with serpentine top, carved trails of roses, central white dial with Arab numerals, blued hands with rising sun & nude woman awakening amongst ivy, approx. 3.5 H (KEY IN OFFICE)"
A Brooklands Motor Racing bronze medal, The Field Team Award, 500 mile race, H.G. Dobbs, Riley Team, dated 1934, in fitted case, a silver West of England Motor Club, Fastest time medal, 1926, a silver Motor Cycling Club London-Edinburgh 1932, and a bronze Motorcycling medal, solo class 1923, all warded to H. Dobbs.
Josef Lorenzl (Austrian 1892-1950) A gilded bronze figure of a waving dancing semi-naked girl wearing a wrap around scarf, signed to the bronze R. Lor, Austria, mounted on a polished onyx base, 22cm. high, together with a companion dancer with arms outstretched, signed Austria, on a polished onyx base, 23cm. high (glued to base).
A Continental Art Nouveau period bronze oval card tray, decorated with the face of a young maiden, her flowing hair forming the handle, unsigned, 21cm. long, together with another bronze pin tray decorated with a maiden’s face, her curling hair forming the shallow dish, unsigned, 10.5cm. wide.
F. Barbedienne a Paris, a large French ormolu mantel clock with an eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the backplate stamped for the maker of the roulant blanc, Japy Frères, the white enamel dial having blue Roman numerals, decorative brass hands and signed ‘F. Barbedienne a Paris, Bould. Poissoniere 30’, the ormolu case in the form of a scantily-clad female seated on a goat, standing on a decorative plinth mounted with swags of grapes & leaves in which is seated the movement, with case stamped ‘F. Baredienne, Founder’ and embossed with a further stamp ‘Reduction Mechanique A Collas brevete’, height: 70cm. * The renowned foundery was formed in 1838 with the partnership of Ferdinand Barbedienne and Achille Collas, who invented the machinery to reduce castings. Collas died in 1859 leaving Barbedienne to run the business alone becoming President of the Reunion of Bronze Makers in 1865. He died in 1891.
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