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Click here to subscribeAn Art Deco black slate and enamel clock garniture with Egyptian style patinated bronze mounts, the 4 inch black slate dial with gilt Roman numerals and centred winding holes under a lamassu (human headed winged bull) figural pediment the tapering case with Egyptian symbols flanked by winged sphinx on a tapering base the two handled urns with bronze neck on a tapering black slate base, 38cm high (3)
Peck (C. Wilson). English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum 1558-1958, 2nd ed., 1964, fifty b&w plts. (complete), orig. cloth gilt in d.j., slight loss to spine ends, 4to, together with Whitting (P. D.), Byzantine Coins, 1st ed., 1973, b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, in d.j., small 4to, plus Davis (W. J.), The Nineteenth Century Token Coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, 1969, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., 4to, plus thirteen other numismatics related. (16)
A rare archaic bronze Ding and cover, Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220AD) of flattened globular shape with three slightly cabriole feet and L shaped handles, the rim bearing an old incised inscription; the domed cover also with an old incised inscription and with three looped hooks. Good patina with some malachite encrustation. Provenance: From a private European collection, purchased E. Pranger, Amsterdam, 25 May 1996" 17 cm high, 22cm diameter Condition: Essentially good condition with typical encrustation. The cover with two tiny square solder repairs; the base with an area of old repair and a few small splits. View on auctionatrium.com
A good quality Japanese Bronze Figure of an Oni standing on a Frog, Meiji period (1868-1912) the detachable figure amusingly cast with one leg raised and carrying a frog on his back, the bearer frog well modelled with detailing to the skin and face, the bronze of good quality and weight with a generally even patina." Ht 8cm Condition: Good condition. Very slight wear to the patina in a few places.
A George V and Queen Mary 1911 Coronation Medallion, in red morocco case of issue; a Victory Medal, to T-422762 DVR.D.THURSBY. A.S.C.; a Bronze Rifle Shooting Medallion, "The Bell Medal"; a Second World War Medal Ribbon Bar; a Telescopic Gun Sight. marked TEL.STG.No 531 MkI, OS.1075.G.A. 1125. (5)
Militaria, comprising six matchbox covers Gloucester Regiment, West Riding Regiment, Northumberland Fusiliers, RNVR Glasgow, RAF and Edwardian Beauties; ten silver Miniature Rifle Club spoons (Penrith Miniature Rifle Club and Yorkshire Miniature Rifle Association), a bronze medallion and three silver and enamel medallions.
A German Third Reich Fire Brigade Honour Badge, 2nd Class, in case of issue, lacks ribbon; a German Third Reich Mother`s Cross in Gold, Third Class, with ribbon, in case of issue by B H Mayer, Pforzheim; two others in Silver and Bronze, with ribbons; a DRK Neck Cross, First Class, in black and cream enamelled gilt metal, the back with maker`s raised lettering CHR.BAUER, WELZHEIM; a German First World War Naval Cross, cast with place names possibly shelled by the German Navy and dated 1914.(6)
An 18th Century Japanese Katana with Shin-gunto Mounts, the 68cm steel blade with billowing hamon, signed on both sides of the tang, one piece brass habaki, the prunus cast gilt bronze tsuba with fluted and shaped seppa, braid bound fish skin grip with triple chrysanthemum head menuki, copper kashira, with brown tassel, the olive green metal saya with chrysanthemum ashi.
A 19th Century Japanese Katana, the 69.5cm steel blade with one piece copper habaki, octagonal iron hilt with chiselled decoration, the bronze fuchi and kashira cast with wave motifs highlighted in gilt, the braid bound fish skin grip with parcel gilt bronze menuki cast as sprays of flowers, with leather covered black lacquer saya. (unable to view tang)
A Japanese Tanto Dagger, the 28cm single edge steel blade now with a soldered copper habaki, later leather covered grip, parcel gilt bronze kashira worked with fruiting vine, with black lacquer saya; two Indian Knives, each with foliate carved wood grip and scabbard; three Hunting Knives, with leather sheaths and three other knives (9)
A Mid-18th Century Japanese Wakizashi, the 42cm steel blade with one piece copper habaki, (tang unseen), small oblong iron tsuba worked with waves and clouds, braid bound fish skin grip with parcel gilt bronze triple maple leaf menuki, crane decorated fuchi and kashira, with green teadust lacquer saya and later kozuka.
An 18th Century Japanese Tanto Dagger, the 20.5cm steel blade with one piece white metal habaki, (tang unseen), the red lacquer hilt and saya decorated with leaves and tendrils in gilt, with parcel gilt bronze mounts of a toad, rocks, bamboo and tendrils, and with a parcel gilt bronze handled kozuka decorated with perching birds.
A Japanese Second World War Army Officer`s Katana, the 63cm steel blade with one piece copper habaki, the tang signed Mori Toshiharu at the Seke Arsenal in Mino Province 1940-45 (with oshigata - see Fuller & Gregory Oshigatas No.74), with prunus cast bronze tsuba, braid bound fish skin grip with triple chrysanthemum head menuki, hammered and prunus decorated kashira, with leather covered wood saya.
A Cameroon, West Africa Large Pipe, the clay bowl modelled as a stylised figure with large dished headdress, flat face supported by his hands, with long wood stem; a Cameroon, West Africa Pipe, the bronze bowl modelled as a seated woman, her hands raised to her face, with metal and bone stem carved with stylised elephant masks; a similar Pipe, the earthenware bowl modelled as two smiling faces, the metal and bone stem pierced and carved with two bands of dancing figures. (3)
SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED FOR THIS LOT A Black Powder Bronze Naval Cannon, the four stage barrel with two leaping dolphins and a lion mask flanked by the lugs, with a plaque engraved BESS flanked by two shells, another plaque with proof marks stamped 4oz Black Powder Blank, numbered 997, 120cm long overall, lacks carriage.
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