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Lot 1221
Foundling Hospital, Robert Grey Medal, a silver award, unsigned, rev. named (Francis Urwick, 1918, for Good Conduct), 35mm; Berkshire County Council, a silver medal, rev. named (Annual Farriery Competition, 1929, Awarded to Jacob P. Print, who gained first place in the competition), 51mm; Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, a silver medal, rev. named (A. Horder, 1969), 44mm; Historic Vehicle Silver Jubilee Tribute, Ascot, 1977, a silver medal, rev. named (Dr Cameron Wright O.B.E.), 50mm; Opening of Buckingham Palace, 1993 and 1994, gilt-bronze medals (2), unsigned, each 39mm; Restoration of Windsor Castle, 1997, a gilt-bronze medal, unsigned, 38mm [7]. Varied state; four cased £80-£100 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection; first J. Spencer Collection, DNW Auction M14, 25 November 2013, lot 1091 (part); second J. Spencer Collection, DNW Auction M12, 30 May 2012, lot 96
Lot 1189
Visit of Emperor Wilhelm II to the City of London, 1891, a bronze medal by Elkington & Co. for the Corporation of the City of London, conjoined busts of the Emperor and Empress three-quarters right, rev. Germania seated to left, Britannia standing to right, each flanked by shield of arms, 80mm (W & E 1668A.1; BHM 3412; E 1768). Good extremely fine £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Lot 1185
Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a bronze medal by A. Scharff for the Corporation of the City of London, conjoined crowned busts of the young and Jubilee heads of the Queen, rev. Britannia seated in car drawn by two lions, Justice and Prudence at sides, 80mm (W & E 2340.1; BHM 3284; E 1732). Extremely fine £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Lot 1170
Visit of George I of Greece to London, 1880, a bronze medal by G.G. Adams, bust left, rev. Londinia welcoming Hellas, Britannia behind, 76mm (W & E 1372.1; BHM 3077; E 1668). Extremely fine £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Lot 1148
Joshua Reynolds, 1845, a copper medal by A.J. Stothard for the Art Union of London, 58mm (BHM 2207; E 1399): Whitworth Scholarships, 1868, a bronze award medal by E.J. Poynter and A. Wyon, edge named (William H. Powell 1903), 57mm (BHM 2899; E 1599); John Anderson College, Glasgow, a bronze medal by J. Macdonald, edge named (W.R.D. Hamilton, Ophthamology, 1917), 51mm [3]. First good very fine, others extremely fine and housed in fitted cases £80-£100
Lot 1176
Prince Albert Victor Receives the Freedom of the City of London, 1885, a bronze medal by G.G. Adams for the Corporation of the City of London, bare head right within wreath, rev. Prince and Princess of Wales watch Prince Albert receive the Freedom of the City from the Lord Chamberlain, 77mm (W & E 1500A.1; BHM 3182; E 1717). Good extremely fine £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Lot 1172
City of London School, New Buildings Opened, 1882, a bronze medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon for the Corporation of the City of London, conjoined busts of the Prince and Princess of Wales right, rev. frontal elevation of the School, 77mm (W & E 1461A.1; BHM 3133; E 1690; Taylor 202a). Extremely fine £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Lot 1161
Metropolitan Amateur Regatta (Est. 1866), Thames Challenge Cup, a silver medal, unsigned, river god reclining left, holding oar, rev. trophy, 64mm; Cambridge University Boat Club, a bronze medal by Munsey & Co., rev. inscribed (Trial Eights 1941), 50mm; National Rifle Association, 1860, a bronze medal, unsigned, 48mm [3]. Last cleaned, otherwise about extremely fine or better; all cased £60-£80 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection
Lot 1175
Opening of the New Council Chamber at the Guildhall, 1884, a bronze medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon for the Corporation of the City of London, interior of the Chamber, rev. Londinia, attended by Commerce and Magistracy, addressing her council, 77mm (BHM 3177; E 1705; Taylor 206a). Extremely fine £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Lot 1202
International Industrial Exhibition, Reading, 1898, a gilt-bronze medal, unsigned, 51mm; English Aberdeen Angus Cattle Association, a silvered-bronze medal, rev. engraved (Royal Counties Show, Reading 1902, Best Male, “Elate” 16513), 48mm; Berkshire County Council, Annual Clean Milking Competition, a bronze medal, rev. named (Charles H. Carter, 1930), 51mm; together with other base metal medals (4) [7]. Varied state; third cased £50-£70 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection
Lot 1204
Eton College, attendance medals in bronze (1) and white metal (6), one named on edge (Cyril Rawlins, 1898-99), each 45mm; Berkshire Education Committee, bronze attendance medals (22), all named on edge, each 38mm [29]. Varied state, most holed, some with bars and ribbons; first cased £50-£70 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection
Lot 1201
Opening of the Blackwall Tunnel, 1897, a bronze medal by F. Bowcher for Spink, crowned bust of Victoria left, rev. view of the inside of the tunnel, Prince of Wales’ feathers above, royal arms below, edge inscribed (Presented to the Corporation of the City of London), 76mm (W & E 3475D.2; BHM 3615; E 1812). Extremely fine, scarce £300-£400
Lot 1187
700th Anniversary of the Mayoralty of the City of London, 1889, a bronze medal by A. Kirkwood & Sons for the Corporation of the City of London, busts of Richard I and Victoria vis-à-vis in cartouche, rev. St Michael presenting sceptre to kneeling figure of Londinium, St Paul’s behind, 77mm (BHM 3377; E 1752). Good extremely fine £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Lot 1192
Visit of Christian IX and Louise of Denmark to the City of London, 1893, a light bronze medal by F. Bowcher for the Corporation of the City of London, conjoined busts right, rev. Londinia seated, façade of the Guildhall behind, struck at the Paris Mint, 75mm (W & E 1766A.1; BHM 3454; E 1783). About extremely fine £150-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Lot 1219
Aylesbury Bread Show, 1913, a silver medal, rev. named (Awarded to H. Ruffell, Maidenhead), 45mm; National Rose Society, Reading Show, 1913, a bronze medal by Pinches, rev. named (awarded to Mr F.A. Govett), 42mm; Harrow School, Prize Medal, a bronze award by W. Wyon, edge named (J.G. Royde-Smith 1940), 43mm; Dig For Victory Competition, 1940, a silver medal, rev. named (Presented to Mr M. Ledger by the Mayor of Reading, Councillor W.E.C. McIlroy J.P.), 45mm; Shire Horse Society, a silver medal by Mappin & Webb, cased, named on inside of lid (Felden Sister, J.H. Cridlan, Newbury, 1947), 45mm; Smithfield Show and Agricultural Machinery Exhibition, a gilt-bronze medal, rev. named (Awarded to J.H. Cridlan for the Best Beef Carcase, 1956), 38mm; together with other medals in silver (3) and base metal (9) [18]. Varied state; three cased £80-£100 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection
Lot 1168
Wadham College, Oxford, Challenge Pair Oar Prize, a bronze medal by W.J. Taylor, rev. named (1874, F.W. Dunston, Bow, L.W. Lloyd, Stroke), 55mm; Oxford University Hare & Hounds Club, a bronze medal, rev. named (Nine Mile Cross Country Race v. Cambridge, 1882, H.G.H. Way), 51mm; Aylesbury Bread Show, 1911, a bronze medal, rev. named (W.H. Pratt, Cambridge), 45mm; together with assorted other medals (19), all base metal [22]. Varied state £80-£100 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection
Lot 1249
Royal Mint commemorative medals (6): 900th Anniversary of Westminster Abbey, 1965, silver medals (2), by M. Rizzello, 57mm (E 2107); End of Production at Tower Hill, 1975, cast silver medals (2), by R. Elderton, 54mm (E 2132); another, cast bronze, by R. Elderton, 54mm (E 2132); 175th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, 1990, a bronze medal, after B. Pistrucci, 63mm (E 2166, not listed in bronze) [6]. Mint state or virtually so; four cased £150-£200
Lot 1001
1887-1905 A.D.. Pitt-Rivers - Excavations in Cranborne Chase, Vol.1: Romano-British Village Woodcuts and Rushmore Park 1881-5; 2: Barrows Near Rushmore, Romano-British Village, Rotherley, Winkelbury Camp, Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Winkelbury Hill; 3: Excavations at Bokerley Dyke & Wansdyke, 1888-1891; 4: South Lodge Camp, Rushmore Park, Handley Hill Entrenchment, Stone and Bronze Age Barrows and Camp, Martin Down Camp &C.; 5: Excavations at Cranborne Chase - Index. - all hardback with original cloth covers, gilt design to covers, gold titling to spine. 15.9 kg total, 31 x 15 cm each (12 1/4 x 6 in.). Property of a Kent, UK, collector. [5, No Reserve]
Lot 1007
1953 A.D.. P.V. Glob - Danish Antiquities II, III, & IV Late Stone Age, Early and Late Bronze Age - Gyldendalske Boghandel, Copenhagen, 1952 - hardback with quarter leather binding, gold titling to spine - Vol.II, Late Stone Age, 140pp, 68 plates/Vol.III, Early Bronze Age, 65pp, 50 plates/Vol.IV Late Bronze Age, 104pp, 74 plates. 3.65 kg total, 31 x 24.5 cm (12 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.). Property of a Kent, UK, collector. [3, No Reserve]
Lot 1025
1876 A.D.. John Evans - Petit Album de L'Age du Bronze de la Grande Bretagne - Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, London, 1876 - hardback with cloth covers, gold titling to cover and spine, block ornament - 26 plates with facing captions, introductory essay. 455 grams, 25 x 18.5 cm (9 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.). Property of a Kent, UK, collector. [No Reserve]
Lot 1048
1913 A.D.. George Coffey - The Bronze Age in Ireland - Hodges, Figgis & Co., London, 1913 - hardback. half-calf binding with block titling to spine, marbled boards and endpapers - 107pp, 11 photographic plates, text figures 578 grams, 26 x 17 cm (10 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.). Property of a Kent, UK, collector. [No Reserve]
Lot 1077
1861 A.D.. W.R. Wilde - Catalogue of The Antiquities of Animal Materials and Bronze, in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy - Hodges, Smith & Co., Dublin, 1861 - hardback, quarter-calf binding on cloth covers, gold titling - 642 pp, text figures. 778 grams, 22.7 x 15 cm (9 x 6 in.). Property of a Kent, UK, collector. [No Reserve]
Lot 1101
Bronze Age, 16th-14th century B.C. Round-bottomed with strap handle and thumb-spur. 209 grams, 90 mm (3 1/2 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. [No Reserve]
Lot 1119
Bronze Age, 13th-7th century B.C. Including a net-needle with pierced centre and ball finial, applicator with bull's head finial, dress-pin with scrolled finial and other items. 47 grams total, 8.5-12.5 cm (3 3/8 - 4 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. [5, No Reserve]
Lot 1158
Circa 1000 B.C. With eight projecting vertical flanges and a circular shaft hole. Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, in Russian, see pl.XXXI, no.98, for identical spearhead from Armenia (Astkhadzor, beginning of the 1st millennium B.C.). 310 grams, 67 mm (2 5/8 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.In the Caucasus, the combat mace was very popular throughout the late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. The maces could have spiked bronze knobs or often less corrugated, or round, knobs which could also be effectively used. [No Reserve]
Lot 1192
Circa 3000 B.C. Of square shape, striated lines and locating holes on the surface; the reverse with a domed, pierced plaque. Cf. Ameri, M., Kielt Costello, S., Jamison, G., Scott, S.J., Seals and sealings in Ancient World, Case studies from Near East, Egypt. the Aegean, and South Asia, Cambridge, 2018, fig.2.5, from Konar Sandal, for similar. 100 grams, 51 mm (2 in.). Collected from 1969-1999.From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.Such seals can be associated with distinct communities during the Bronze Age, particularly those engaged in trade with the Indus Valley. In particular, they are associated with the presence of Mesopotamians on the Iranian plateau and the emergent elite of the Early Dynastic city-states.
Lot 1193
Bronze Age, 13th-7th century B.C. Each with tapering profile and clubbed head. 62 grams total, 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. [6, No Reserve]
Lot 123
2nd-3rd century A.D.. The goddess Tyche or Cybele with a facing female bust wearing a mural crown, braided hair cascading to the sides, high-relief lenticular eyes, and small slit mouth, two iron fixing rivets; the lower part with detailed necklace of pendants, catena decorative chain, lateral braids, ferrous fixture; old collector's label 'BR.APP.064' to verso; repaired and mounted on a custom-made display stand. Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 69, for type, referred to as Isis-Venus; for Cybele with a mural crown see Reinach, S., Repertoire de la statuarie Grecque et Romaine, Paris, 1930, p.369; see also Metropolitan Museum of Art inventory no.47.100.40, for a bronze statuette of Tyche with mural crown. 3.66 kg total, 20.5 cm including stand (8 1/4 in.). Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.The crown that characterises the bronze applique (corona muralis = wall crown) was a military decoration using symbolism from the Hellenistic age. Often associated with Tyche (Fortuna), the crown was also an attribute of the goddess Cybele, particularly when made of wood. However, the presence of a necklace similar to a late Roman statuette of Tyche at the Metropolitan Museum of Art seems to point more to the first identification. This bronze applique was probably used as decoration for a chariot used in a procession for the goddess, or as a furniture decoration. (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)
Lot 1230
Bronze Age, 16th-14th century B.C. With rounded bottom and carinated profile, thick rim. 398 grams, 99 mm (4 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. [No Reserve]
Lot 1247
Bronze Age, 16th-14th century B.C. Ovoid in profile with thick rim and rounded underside. 513 grams, 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. [No Reserve]
Lot 1281
2nd-8th century A.D.. Group of sheet-bronze fragments each with impressed Aramaic calligraphic text; mounted in a display frame. 207 grams total, 15-51 mm (13 x 13.5 cm including case) (5/8 - 2 in. (5 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.)). Collected from 1969-1999.From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. [4]
Lot 1353
12th-10th century B.C. With foliate head and short tubular socketted shaft. Cf. D'Amato, R., Salimbeti, A., Early Iron Age Greek Warrior, 1100-700 B.C., figs on pp.18-19. 119 grams total, 15 cm (5 7/8 in.). Ex German collection, Cologne, 1980-1990s.Snodgrass assigns the Athenian iron spearheads to the type A, i.e. spearheads with a leaf-shaped blade, a long socket and a midrib running to the tip. The bronze ones were assigned to typologies C – small, with a leaf-shaped blade (like the present specimen) - and D – with the socket as long as the blade, rounded shoulders and pronounced midrib. Both socket types were beaten round a cylindrical bar, a conservative method to produce bronze sockets even if the head was made of iron. [No Reserve]
Lot 1355
14th-13th century B.C. With plain globular body, extended to a small raised ring encircling the top of the mace-head, circular short shaft expanding to a circular flat base. For similar examples of maces see Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg (2003), pl.XXXI, no.21 (Luristan). 279 grams, 70 mm high (2 3/4 in.). Acquired 1980-2015.Ex Abelita family collection.Caucasian stone and bronze maces were distinguished by modestly finished, clean processed and predominantly close-to-ball shapes (with a variety of surface finishing, ranging from the smooth, ribbed, lobular forms to the rounded with protrusions and spikes), and the Western Iranian maces, especially the Luristan ones, notable for the variety of different forms. Similar mace-heads, probably realised in Luristan, decorated the head of the sceptres of Assyrian kings like Tukulti-Ninurta I (1243-1207 B.C.).
Lot 1356
2nd-1st millennium B.C. Egg-shaped with spiked sleeves or prongs, the top of the weapon with a narrow edge, the sleeves with small internal tangs for mounting. 127 grams, 10.1 cm (4 in.). Acquired 1980-2015.Ex Abelita family collection.The 'claw mace' was an enigmatic ancient bronze weapon from the Bronze Age Near East. The hollow bulbous head was trailed by tines of varying lengths. It is believed that it was affixed over a wooden shaft and used like a club in combat, and not necessarily used as ceremonial weapon. The knife edge bulb end could have broken bones and proven to be a formidable striking weapon requiring no skill to wield. The tines would have not only been decorative, but have served to add strength below the striking end to prevent breakage. In battle, maces were often used by commanders to display rank when giving orders in battle and leading soldiers, inspiring leadership and power.
Lot 1358
9th-11th century A.D.. With domed filler-hole, broad shoulder, alternating bands of crescent impressed detailing; intended to be filled with explosive liquid and wick, used as a hand grenade. Cf. Arendt, W. I., Granaten des 13-14. Jahrhunderts, die an der Wolga gefunden sind, Zeitschrift fur Historische Waffen-und Kostumkunde, 11 (1926-8), p.42; cf. Arendt, W., Die Spharisch-konischen Gefasse aus Gebranntem Ton, ibid; cf. Ayalon, D., Gunpowder and Firearms in the Mamluk Kingdom, London, 1956, p.16. 242 grams, 10.1 cm (4 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.Accompanied by an academic paper by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato, dated 15 July 2019 and titled 'Eastern Roman Empire - Greek Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade (??????? k???????) 9th-11th century AD'.Apart from the use of siphons or manual flame-throwers called cheirosiphona, special corps of Roman soldiers employed terracotta grenades, in the form of small jars, abundantly evidenced in archaeological excavations. Such were the ??????, vessels (sometimes also of bronze) used for Greek fire. They were called ?????? k?????? or ???????????? where the former had a bulbous shape and the latter a more cylindrical form. [No Reserve]
Lot 1361
Circa 1000 B.C. Composed of a leaf-shaped blade with a raised penannular rib and slot below the shoulder connected to the grip with lateral flanges and integral pommel, recessed to accept an organic insert. Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tuebingen, 2006, p.380, Cat.12, inventory no.655. 231 grams, 39 cm (15 3/8 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.This dirk, cast in one piece mould, belongs to the daggers that Medvedskaya believes support the thesis that majority of them were cast in one piece. However, there are examples where the penannular grip was cast on later. [No Reserve]
Lot 1368
Late 2nd millennium B.C. Of cylindrical shape, the upper section with alternating rectangular panels and vertical rows of three prominent spikes, short cylindrical shaft edged at top and bottom. See Godard, A., Les Bronzes du Luristan, Paris, 1931, pl.XIX, no.58, for a similar; Khorasani, M. M., 'Bronze and iron weapons from Luristan' in Antiguo Oriente: Cuadernos del Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente, 7, 2009, fig.8. 244 grams, 13.5 cm (5 3/8 in.). Ex London, UK, collection, before 1988.The mace was probably the oldest weapon used by humans. This weapon has been used in different ways and it was probably considered the main tool in the civilisation of the Kassites because of the high number of maces found in this area. Bronze maces in Luristan probably had wooden handles, although most of them unfortunately have been eroded and severely deteriorated. According to Khorasani, such maces were realised with lost-wax process.
Lot 1372
13th-12th century B.C. and later. Or a dagger with raised flanges to the grip, possibly to accept organic inserts fastened with three nails still in situ (?); later added cuneiform-like inscription and Babylonian Tiamat lion engraved to the blade below the grip on one face. Cf. the type in Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.377, cat.6. 284 grams, 40.5 cm (16 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.The dirk belongs to Type IIIa bronze dirks of the Medveskaya classification. It was cast in one piece (hilt and blade). [No Reserve]
Lot 1378
13th-6th century B.C. Comprising tanged arrowheads of leaf-shaped and barbed types, most with midribs. See Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,1988, pp.289ff. nos.396,398-400,410,416, for similar arrowheads; Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, items 449, 467, for types. 182 grams total, 64-13.5 cm (2 1/2 - 5 3/8 in.). Acquired 1990s.From the collection of a late Japanese weaponry collector.Although some of them different in shape, these arrowheads are apparently related types of a polythetic group. There are represented two basic deltoid forms: one has a sharp, flat blade, the ends of which extend to form wings or barbs, and a prominent midrib extending into a long tang that often has a stop; the blade shape varies from deltoid to more manifestly triangular. The other form has no barbs, but it has a prominent midrib extending to the tang, the blade narrow and leaf shaped. [10]
Lot 1395
2nd-1st millennium B.C. Composed of a tanged and barbed blade with raised midrib to both faces. Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, no.17.25 and 17.27, for the typology. 327 grams, 43.5 cm (17 1/8 in.). Acquired 1980-2015.Ex Abelita family collection.In the last ninety years, many such tanged blades have been considered to be coming from centres of production in Amlash and Marlik. Without context accurate dating is impossible, but the shape recalls the rapiers of the Bronze or Early Iron Age.
Lot 1401
Circa 2000-1300 B.C. With long tubular shank and four hefty bulbs surrounding the shaft. See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 333, for a similar example in polished heamatite. 456 grams, 22.5 cm (8 3/4 in.). Acquired 1980-2015.Ex Abelita family collection.Accompanied by an earlier catalogue identification card.This rare and unusual mace finds parallels with similar pieces published by Slotta, Vatandust, and Moorey. The dating varies between 21st and 14th century B.C. Western Iranian maces, especially the Luristan ones, were notable for the variety of different forms. According to Dr D. Nicolle the gorz or mace was primarily used as an armour breaking weapon since ancient times, and was very common on the Iranian plateau.
Lot 1402
13th-6th century B.C. Comprising four tips with triangular blades; each with a raised midrib and a long tang. See Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, pp.289ff, for similar arrowheads. 143 grams total, 13.5-18.2 cm (5 1/4 - 7 1/8 in.). Acquired 1980-2015.Ex Abelita family collection.Although some of them are different in shape, these arrowheads are apparently related types of a polythetic group. Two basic deltoid forms are represented: one has a sharp, flat blade, the ends of which extend to form wings or barbs, and a prominent midrib extending into a long tang that often has a stop; the blade shape varies from deltoid to more manifestly triangular. The other form has no barbs, but it has a prominent midrib extending to the tang, and a narrow leaf-shaped blade. [4]
Lot 1405
9th-11th century A.D.. Piriform body with domed filler-hole; intended to be filled with explosive liquid and wick, used as a hand grenade. Cf. Arendt, W. I., Granaten des 13-14. Jahrhunderts, die an der Wolga gefunden sind, Zeitschrift fur Historische Waffen-und Kostumkunde, 11 (1926-8), p.42; cf. Arendt, W., Die Spharisch-konischen Gefasse aus Gebranntem Ton, ibid; cf. Ayalon, D., Gunpowder and Firearms in the Mamluk Kingdom, London, 1956, p.16. 580 grams, 12.5 cm (5 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.Accompanied by an academic paper by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato, dated 15 July 2019 and titled 'Eastern Roman Empire - Greek Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade (??????? k???????) 9th-11th century AD'.Apart from the use of siphons or manual flame-throwers called cheirosiphona, special corps of Roman soldiers employed terracotta grenades, in the form of small jars, abundantly evidenced in archaeological excavations. Such were the ??????, vessels (sometimes also of bronze) used for Greek fire. They were called ?????? k?????? or ???????????? where the former had a bulbous shape and the latter a more cylindrical form. [No Reserve]
Lot 1408
14th-10th century B.C. Comprising tanged arrowheads, including barbed and leaf-shaped examples. Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, items 469-471. 158 grams total, 8-10.5 cm (3 1/8 - 4 1/8 in.). Acquired 1990s.From the collection of a late Japanese weaponry collector.The arrowheads seems to belong to the subtypes A and B of the Khorasani classification. They are mainly small triangular arrowheads with rounded and barbed shoulders. Some have angular or rounded midribs. The characteristic is also the cylindrical stem and the rectangular-sectioned tang. Many similar arrowheads were found in the Marlik excavations. [9]
Lot 1410
13th-14th century A.D.. With a long tubular socket and raised circumferential ribs, three tiers of radiating spikes; found with remains of wooden haft in situ. Cf. Gilliot, C., Weapons and Armours, Bayeux, 2008, pp.160-161, for similar maceheads. 312 grams, 80 mm (3 1/8 in.). Found near Farnham Castle, Farnham, Surrey, UK.From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.Maces were in use since the Bronze Age. In the Medieval Western Europe, maces are attested in England as throwing weapons at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. At the end of 12th century A.D., the mace head was made of metal and was, under the influence of Byzantium, one of the weapons of the armoured knight. Originally of round section and armed with strong pyramidal spikes, the mace head evolved into a cylindrical shape, sometimes reinforced with spikes, most often with flanges. [No Reserve]
Lot 1411
Circa 19th century B.C. With foliate blade and tapering socket. Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, in Russian, see pl.XXXIV, no.1, for identical spearhead from Kanesh (Nesa or Kultepe). 183 grams, 25.6 cm (10 1/8 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.The bronze spearhead developed considerably during the period of the Assyrian colonies in Anatolia and even during the period Karum III-IV, maintaining consistently its southern shape. Conical points are also known from Bogazkoy's Karum levels. While spearheads from the first half of the 2nd millennium B.C. were hafted by means of a tang, with two slots in the blade providing additional support, most of the Late Bronze Age spearheads were socketted. [No Reserve]
Lot 1414
13th-7th century B.C. Triangular blade with rib below the shoulder connected to the grip with lateral flanges and integral pommel, recessed to accept an organic insert Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tuebingen, 2006, p.380, Cat.12, inventory no.655. 228 grams, 34 cm (13 3/8 in.). Ex Abelita family collection, 1988.
Lot 1429
12th-9th century B.C. Comprising arrowheads of various types, mainly leaf-shaped and barbed types, with midribs. See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, figures 376, 379, and catalogue 467, for some of the represented types. 216 grams total, 12.2 - 18 cm (4 3/4 - 7 in.). Acquired 1990s.From the collection of a late Japanese weaponry collector.The barbed arrowhead seems to belong to the type V, subcategory type C, according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik and Northern Iran individuated by Negahban, subtypes C and D of type V are larger arrow or javelin heads, C large triangular arrowheads with barbed shoulders and D with lanceolate shape and rounded midrib. The straight shoulders recalls a Marlik typology (see Khorasani, 2006, p.307, fig.379). [6]
Lot 1432
13th-6th century B.C. Mainly tanged examples of barbed and leaf-shaped types. See Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,1988, pp.289ff. nos.396,398-400,410,416, for similar arrowheads; Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, items 449, 467, for types. 220 grams total, 7.5-13.6 cm (3 - 5 3/8 in.). Acquired 1990s.From the collection of a late Japanese weaponry collector.Although some of them are different in shape, these arrowheads are apparently related types of a polythetic group. Two basic deltoid forms are represented: one has a sharp, flat blade, the ends of which extend to form wings or barbs, and a prominent midrib extending into a long tang that often has a stop; the blade shape varies from deltoid to more manifestly triangular. The other form has no barbs, but it has a prominent midrib extending to the tang, and a narrow leaf-shaped blade. [10]
Lot 1452
13th-7th century B.C. Comprising mainly tanged arrowheads including various types of leaf-shaped heads with midribs. See for similar arrowheads Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, pp.289ff. nos.398, 403; Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, items 449,467, for some of the types represented here. 200 grams total, 12-15.3 cm (4 3/4 - 6 in.). Acquired 1990s.From the collection of a late Japanese weaponry collector.The barbed arrowhead seems to belong to the type V, subcategory type C, according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik and Northern Iran individuated by Negahban, subtypes C and D of type V are larger arrow or javelin heads, C large triangular arrowheads with barbed shoulders and D with lanceolate shape and rounded midrib. The straight shoulders recalls a Marlik typology (see Khorasani, 2006, p.307, fig.379). [6]
Lot 1464
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. With long square-ended butt, slightly lenticular-section body expanding to a broad curved cutting edge; smooth polished finish; small repair. Cf. similar item in the collection of the British Museum under accession no.WG.1541. 357 grams, 14 cm (6 in.). From a very old English collection based on the cabinet patination.From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.Axes of this type were produced in the later Neolithic by expert knappers and polishers; these designs influenced early Bronze Age products such as the flat axes which eventually developed into palstave axeheads. [No Reserve]
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