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A Victorian Staffordshire figure depicting an elderly female wearing red cloak, tied bonnet and holding a cane, and standing on a grassy circular base. Indistinct stylised XS marks to base. Height 7" along with a 19thC small pottery figure of a seated dog decorated in brown with collar and sponged detail to body, face and ears. Possibly Scottish. Height 5 1/2". (2) CONDITION: Please Note - we do not make reference to the condition of lots within catalogue descriptions. We are however happy to provide additional information regarding the condition of items on request.
1st-3rd century AD. A bronze bust from a furniture fitting in the form of the god Dionysus, head turned to the left and crowned with vine leaves, robes open at the chest and fawn skin cloak tied at the shoulder. 47 grams, 50mm (2"). Property of a West Yorkshire lady; acquired at auction in 2008. Extremely fine condition.
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze appliqué bust of a maenad with vine leaf headdress framing long hair falling to the shoulders; tunic over body and to the right leg of fawn skin mantle hangs down; eyes and parts of robes inlaid in silver. 158 grams, 85mm (3 1/4"). Fine condition. Property of a West Yorkshire lady; acquired from BidAncient, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK, 15 June 2005; with the original Certificate of Authenticity, bank receipt and correspondence. See Mattusch, C. Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture Around the Bay of Naples, London, 2008, for similar examples. Previously identified as the goddess Diana, the appliqué is that of a maenad, a female follower of Bacchus, god of wine. The characteristic features of the maenads were a wreath of ivy and vine leaves, as well as a cloak made from the skin of a fawn, all of which are present on this piece. The wide expressive eyes on this piece suggest ritual intoxication and ecstatic frenzy for which the maenads were noted during their worship of Bacchus.
1st century AD. A bronze statuette of the god Mercury (Hermes"). standing nude with a cloak over his left shoulder, coin purse in his right hand, left hand open to hold the caduceus to his shoulder, petasos to his head and winged sandals to his feet; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 159 grams, 12 cm including stand (4 3/4"). Very fine condition. Property of a West Yorkshire lady; previously in the Ivan Morvisaa collection.
After REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON VAN RIJN (1606-1669) Dutch Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins; The Three Trees; Landscape with a Cottage and a Hay Barn; The Windmill; Portrait of Johannes Lutma; Man at a Desk Wearing a Cross and Chain; and Old Man with a Beard, Fur Cap and Velvet Cloak Seven etchings, all on laid paper with Van Gelder Zonen watermark The largest 29.5 x 24 cm (7) CONDITION REPORTS: Some staining/foxing, pages torn with some losses, plates generally unaffected by damage though with some slight staining/discolouration.
5th-2nd century BC. A group of ceramic plaques consisting of: a standing female, possibly a goddess, with an elaborate hairstyle and pulling a cloak over her head, right hand on stomach; a plaque in the shape of a frame with a mounted warrior attacking a snake. 24 grams, 13.5 cm (5 1/2"). Property of a German gentleman; acquired 1980-1990. Fair condition. [2]
65 AD. Lyons mint. Obv: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER PM TR P IMP PP legend with laureate head left with large globe at point of the neck. Rev: DECVRSIO legend below, S-C across fields, Nero, bare-headed, cuirassed and with cloak floating free, prancing right on horseback, holding spear in right hand; beyond and behind him, soldier on horseback prancing right with vexillum held over shoulder. 22.08 grams. RIC 437; WCN MacDowell 425; Sear 1957 variant. Good very fine.
1st-4th century AD. A stone plaque with arched top and flat base; in the centre a wreath enclosing the image of Mithras wearing Phrygian cap, cloak billowing behind, kneeling on the back of a bull and plunging a dagger into its neck; to either side of Mithras' head the bust of Sol and Luna; to the left hand side of Mithras is Cautes holding a torch up, and to his right is Cautopates holding a torch down; below the bull a snake and scorpion, at the neck of the bull a dog; around the wreath a number of scenes relating to the myth of Mithras; traces of pigment. 6.24 kg, 25.5 x 30cm (9 3/4 x 12"). Property of a Finchley, London, UK gentleman; acquired from a sale in Denham, Oxfordshire, UK, in 2014. Cf. Clauss, M. The Roman Cult of Mithras: The God and his Mysteries, London, 2001. Mithras had his origins in ancient Persia and was adopted by the Romans who developed a mystery cult around him based on salvation and the revealing of secrets. The cult was only open to men and was extremely popular with soldiers, with the majority of his shrines being associated with military sites, such as along Hadrians Wall. Worshippers of Mithras had a complex system of seven grades of initiation through which the initiates moved. Initiates called themselves syndexioi, those united by the handshake which is based on the pact between Mithras and Sol. They met in underground temples, called Mithraea, which survive in large numbers; these were small buildings that imitated the cave in which Mithras slew the cosmic bull and where the members celebrated the rites of the god and shared a sacred communal meal. The majority of the information that we have about Mithraism comes from the reliefs, and other images, that have been found in the shrines. In every Mithraeum the centrepiece was a representation of Mithras killing a sacred cosmic bull, called the tauroctony, that was housed in a screen at the apse of the shrine; the tauroctony scene could also have other narrative images relating to the myth of the god. Mithras is shown wearing Persian clothes, such as a baggy tunic and trousers and wearing a Phrygian cap, and kneeling on the exhausted bull, holding it by the nostrils with his left hand, and stabbing it with his right. As he does so, he looks over his shoulder towards the figure of Sol. A dog and a snake reach up towards the blood that pours from the neck; a scorpion seizes the bull's genitals. A raven, the messenger of Sol, is flying around, or is sitting, on the bull. Three ears of wheat are seen coming out from the bull's tail, sometimes from the wound. The god is sitting on the bull in an unnatural way with his right leg constraining the bull's hoof and the left leg is bent and resting on the bull's back or flank. The two torch-bearers are on either side, dressed like Mithras, Cautes with his torch pointing up and Cautopates with his torch pointing down. The event takes place in a cavern, into which Mithras has carried the bull, after having hunted it, ridden it and overwhelmed its strength. Sometimes the cavern is surrounded by a circle, on which the twelve signs of the zodiac appear. Outside the cavern, top left, is Sol the sun, with his flaming crown, often driving a quadriga or depicted as a bust. A ray of light often reaches down to touch Mithras. At the top right is Luna, with her crescent moon, who may be depicted driving a biga, or again, as a bust. In some depictions, the central tauroctony is framed by a series of subsidiary scenes to the left, top and right, illustrating events in the Mithras narrative; Mithras being born from the rock, the water miracle, the hunting and riding of the bull, meeting Sol who kneels to him, shaking hands with Sol and sharing a meal with him, and ascending to the heavens in a chariot. The interpretation of the images is problematical due to the secrecy of the cult and the lack of literature relating to it. The slaying of the cosmic bull clearly has a beneficial role for mankind due to the life giving blood that is shed and the ears of corn that grow from the bull's tail. Some reliefs have been found with the paint surviving and show the inside of the cloak of Mithras decorated with stars, such as that from Marino, Italy . This, and the presence of the encircling zodiac signs, has been interpreted as relating to specific points in the year that were celebrated as key festivals and were depicted in a cryptic manner. Another theory is that the Mithraic mysteries began in the Graeco-Roman world as a religious response to the discovery by the Greek astronomer Hipparchus of the astronomical phenomenon of the precession of the equinoxes – a discovery that the entire cosmos was moving in a hitherto unknown way and interpreted as the existence of a powerful new god capable of shifting the cosmic spheres and thereby controlling the universe. Fine condition. Rare.
13 The Classic Marvel Figurine Collection packeted figures & magazines. Cloak & Dagger, Skurge, Blob, Terrax, The Watcher, Ronan, Sauron, Giant-Man, Kingpin, Spider-Man, Firelord, Danielle Moonstar and Moonstone. All with plastic packets/bags, some wear/splitting. Magazines some creasing. Figures Mint still in their boxes.
A Chinese blanc de chine figure of a Buddhistic deity and similar figure of Guanyin seated along with a 19th century carved hardwood bitong. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Smaller figure with head re glued and heavy chipping to the cloak. Larger figure with some losses including one arm.
A box containing a collection of cotton Victorian infants' gowns, two later dresses (an embroidered organza dress and a smocked blue dress), aprons, 1930s lady's floral crepe dress, to/w another box containing a 1950s Japanese kimono, a red cloak, a blue/yellow/white striped tunic, a Turkish blue heavy cotton embroidered tunic top, a collection of starched gentlemen's collars etc (2 boxes)
18th Century English School after Sir Godfrey Kneller/Half-Length Portrait of Queen Caroline of Ansbach, when Princess of Wales/her hair in ringlets, wearing a plush and ermine lined cape with lace cuffs and floral dress, a crown on a ledge to her right/oil on canvas, 123cm x 99cm and/18th Century English School after Sir Godfrey Kneller/Half-Length Portrait of George Monke, First Lord Albermarle/with royal cypher to top left, wearing a red cloak with gold link clasp, black cape bearing Order of the Garter and breastplate beneath/oil on canvas, 123cm x 99cm/see illustration
An ebonised and parcel gilt carved wood mantel clock case, probably Italian, mid-19th century, with crouching male figures each wearing a lion skin cloak supporting the drum, now with a later French eight-day timepiece movement with platform escapement, stamped CH VCNE, Paris and numbered 55748 and also stamped S Marti Et Cie, Medaille D'Argent, 1889, with white enamel Arabic numeral dial with Arabic numerals to the quaters of the outside track behid glazed convex bezel, the whole surmounted by floral vase finials, 42cm highProvenance:Pen Moel near Chepstow
A Derby porcelain figure of Britannia: modelled standing in draped cloak with helmet, breastplate and shield, holding a metal spear, with a lion and trophies of war at her feet, on a scroll moulded base, patch marks to base, circa 1760-70, 27 cm high excluding spear, [restored hands, plume and trumpet].
Scarce French accessory mascot depicting a woman wearing an Origami-styled cloak, known as 'Cocotte Parisienne'. Constructed from nickel plated bronze and stands 80mm high by 80mm long. This mascot is also very similar in design minus the ladies face to the 1925-30 Cocotte designed by and signed Cardeilhac. Mounted to a period radiator cap. 12cm tall.
Matched pair of Derby figures of Bacchus and Ariadne circa 1780, modelled standing on square bases bearing patch marks and incised no.s 193 and 94 (should be 194) (2) 23cm high Condition report: Some good restorations to Ariadne's arms cloak and neck. Bacchus has no restoration and only minor losses to the applied leaves and small firing cracks to the rear of his neck and leg. Slight differences to the gilt lines of the bases.
2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays) Officer’s Full Dress Tunic and other items. Scarlet tunic with white cloth collar, cuffs and piping to fronts. The collar edged with 1-inch gold lace of regimental wave pattern. Pointed cuffs edged with gold cord, traced with Russia braid, forming an Austrian knot at the points and small eyes each side. Similar decoration to the three-pointed slashes on the back-skirts. Fine gilt mounted KC regimental buttons. Plaited shoulder-cords bearing a single embroidered star. Quilted buff lining. Collar-badges absent, otherwise near VGC ... a Universal Pattern blue frock coat, with brass Queen’s Bays buttons, fine gilt collar-badges and Captain’s embroidered rank-badges. Small moth hole to skirt, otherwise GC ... Mess Dress consisting of a scarlet jacket with ribbed silk roll collar bearing regimental badges in gold embroidery. Shoulder-loops of white square cord attached by regimental buttons, fitted with Major’s small gilt metal crowns. Quilted cotton lining. Together with a white washable waistcoat (marked G.H.Fanshawe) by H Lehmann & Son, Aldershot, with eyelets for detachable buttons. Minor in-service repairs to right sleeve of mess jacket ... and a blue cloak, also by H Lehmann, with seven regimental brass buttons in diverging rows to front. Lieutenant-Colonel’s large embroidered rank-badges. Short backstrap attached by cloth-covered buttons. White shalloon lining to cloak and white cloth lining to collar. Tailor’s label named to E.O. Vaux Esq, December 1932. Minimal moth, but two small areas of damage by backstrap-buttons. (5 items) Lieut. Vaux was seconded to the Colonial office in 1935 and the cloak passed to the Fanshawes who owned items in this and the next lot.
Badge. Scots Guards pair of Victorian Officer’s cloak fasteners. A fine scarce die-stamped gilt example. Each a large Thistle Star, with voided centre, with detachable a five link gilt chain. Three loops to reverse of each. Slight service wear, generally VGC. Provenance. Ex Hugh King Collection.
Vintage Star Wars Action Figures consisting of 1st type C-3PO, 1st type R2D2, R5D4, white hair Obi-Wan Kenobi with cloak and damaged lightsabre, Hammerhead with blaster, Chewbacca with bow, Power Droid, Boba Fett with blaster, IG-88 with two blasters, 1st type Tauntaun with solid belly complete with saddle and reigns and Battlestar Galactica Muffit the Daggit action figure. All remain in good condition. (11 items)

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