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Click here to subscribeA Japanese crackle glazed baluster lidded vase with applied dragon chasing the Pearl of Wisdom decoration and surmounted with Dog of Fo finial, height 28cm, also a Japanese crackle glazed ginger jar and two Chinese ginger jars (4). CONDITION REPORT Overall OK condition with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration but displaying light signs of surface wear and imperfections throughout.
A Victorian mahogany adjustable pole screen with needlework embroidered panel of a seated traveller, raised on turned column and three outswept supports. CONDITION REPORT There is a finial missing from the top of the pole. There are several areas of veneer chipped to the frame of the panel and minor losses to the lower section of the frame.
A 19th Century Wedgwood majolica comport, the central pattern decorated with relief moulded fruit of melon, strawberries and pair of plums against turquoise moulded basket ground and ochre rim on a mottled brown and green socle base, stamped Wedgwood, 22.5cm diameter together with a majolica sardine dish and cover in blue with moulded design, the lift off lid revealing a pink interior having crossed finish finial with basket weave rim, 20cm x 17.5cm x 12cm high In general good condition^ minor loss of glaze to fins of fish^ Wedgwood minor hairline crack to rim^ no major chips or losses
A pair of Wade Heath Art Deco pottery moulded preserve jars and covers, of ovoid shape decorated with flowers, green stems, domed lid, mauve finial, printed factory mark to underside, 10.5cm high together with five napkin rings with moulded floral decoration 5cm diameter, a Lancaster Ltd Hanley moulded flower arranger decorated with flowers, 13cm diameter and a toast rack painted with flowers, 17cm Some minor glaze flaking^ generally good
A collection of Art Deco Royal Winton Grimwades pottery, comprising two moulded jugs, one with white primroses and pansies against a cross hatched green ground, the other with large yellow flowers against a brown ground, a large moulded twin handled lilypad bowl another large bowl, a Lilypad serving dish, toast rack with violet flowers, primrose preserve jar and cover with primrose finial, a quince cup and saucer and various other items of Royal Winton No major signs of restoration^ minor crazing^ paint loss otherwise generally good
An early 20th Century Chinese famille rose jar and cover, the tapered cylindrical jar decorated with birds within apple blossom trees prunus with lift off domed lid surmounted with insect finial, 17cm high, an early 20th Century famille rose square vase decorated on each panel with figures of a warrior, female and two sages, 12cm high, a famille rose teapot and cover with iron loop handles, 17cm wide and a late 20th Century Chinese square tea caddy and lid with famille rose decoration 13.5cm high (7) Minor marks but in general good condition
5th-6th century AD. A square-section iron snaffle-bit with two straight silver-gilt cheek-pieces with transverse grooves and kidney-shaped loop, rectangular finial to the base with inset garnets, the top with a raven-head finial with garnet cabochons; two strap ends to each loop with inset garnets. See Menghin, W., The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item III.13.2.4, for a similar snaffle-bit without garnets. 155 grams, 21.5cm (8 1/2"). From the private collection of a British gentleman based in London; acquired in the 1980s; accompanied by an independent specialist report and valuation by graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert Anna Rogers, GIA GG, BA, Gem-A, ref. no.160857/1/9/2020. Very fine condition.
11th century AD. A bronze bifacial scabbard chape with heater-shaped body, knop finial, extended lateral arms and cross between, incised Jellinge style ornament; remains of the wooden lathes and iron blade-tip within. See Paulsen, P., Schwertortbänder der Wikingerzeit, Stuttgart, 1953. 67.8 grams, 91mm (3 1/2"). Ex private English collection, 1960s-1970s. Fine condition.
10th century AD. A bronze chape for a sword scabbard, heater-shaped with scooped upper edge and bear-head finial, low-relief Jellinge style tendril ornament. Cf. Paulsen, P., Schwertortbänder der Wikingerzeit, Stuttgart, 1953, items 42 and 43. 38.2 grams, 76mm (3"). From the family collection of a UK gentleman, by descent in the early 1970s; previously acquired before 1960. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
10th century AD. A bronze chape from a sword's scabbard, heater-shaped with knop finial and scooped upper edges, openwork Jellinge style ornament to both faces. Cf. Paulsen, P., Schwertortbänder der Wikingerzeit, Stuttgart, 1953, item 43, for type. 28.6 grams, 57mm (2 1/4"). From the family collection of a UK gentleman, by descent in the early 1970s; previously acquired before 1960. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
2nd century BC-2nd century AD. A matched pair of gold earrings, each a hoop with hinged closure, biconvex body with cells with inset garnet and glass cabochons, hollow-formed ball cluster finial. 8.37 grams total, 42-44mm (1 1/2"). Ex North London gentleman; formerly in a private collection formed between 1990 and 2000. [2] Fair condition.
9th-11th century AD. A silver penannular brooch with twisted shank, splayed dragon-head terminals with punched pellet eyes, pin with coiled finial. 50.7 grams, 65mm (2 1/2"). From the family collection of a UK gentleman, by descent in the early 1970s; previously acquired before 1960. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
6th-7th century AD. A silver-gilt finial comprising a stylised bird-head with pellet eyes and coiled beak, tapering neck with collar to the rim, triangular panels of Style I ornament, fixing pin in situ. 21.1 grams, 62mm (2 1/2"). Property of a Worcestershire collector; previously acquired from an English collector; formerly acquired at an antiques fair in London in the late 1990s. Very fine condition.
6th century AD. A gilt-bronze great square-headed brooch comprising a rectangular headplate with two panels of chip-carved Style I ornament flanking a beast-head with triangular muzzle and two pellet eyes, raised three-sided frame and outer band of pellets above beast-heads with lentoid eyes; the shallow bow with raised median rib, flanges to the edges and punched pellet detailing; footplate with beast-head between curved pellet lines, pierced horse-head lappets, lozengiform central panel with knot of Style I limbs; two lateral discs, one pierced to accept a stud and the other with a domed stud in place; the finial a disc with human mask inverted; pin-lug and part of catch to the reverse. See Hines, J., A New Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Great Square-Headed Brooches, London, 1997. 75 grams, 13.4cm (5 1/4"). Found by the vendor's grandfather while searching with a metal detector in Oving, near Chichester, West Sussex, UK, in 2001. The various elements of the brooch find similar counterparts on others in the series, such as the form of the bow which corresponds to those on brooches from Herpes (Pas-de-Calais, France) and Sarre (Kent) (Hines's plates 10, 11) and the outer band of masks on the headplate which can be found on a brooch from Tuddenham (Hines's plate 15"). Fine condition. A large display piece.
14th-15th century AD. A pewter pilgrim badge comprising: a frame formed as gable-ended house with lateral loops; three arches with trefoil finial and 'head of Christ' with beaded halo; left arch with nimbate figure of St. Maurice in armour with lance and heater shield, pectoral cross; middle arch with St. Peter standing robed and nimbate with key held aloft; right arch with Pope Boniface IX wearing papal tiara and draped robe, crozier in one hand and the other raised in benediction; below St Maurice a heater shield divided per fess with hatched lower half, below St. Peter the arms of the Vatican (two crossed keys), below Pope Boniface a heater shield with hatched bend. 5.68 grams, 56mm (2 1/4"). From the property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman; formerly in a collection formed prior to 2000. Fine condition.
2nd-3rd century AD. A life-sized bronze hand with open palm, the fingers raised as a stop sign with well-marked detailing, socketted at wrist to accept the staff insert, the socket rim formed as a coiled snake with its head resting at the centre of the wrist, a Gnostic symbol above; the palm with Greek inscription 'ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ [Α]ΛΛΑΞΙMΟϹ ΚΑTΕΥKHN ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕΝ' for 'dedicated by Ioulios Allaximos as a prayer' or 'dedicated by Ioulios Allaximos as one would wish'; most likely a standard finial or a votive; mounted on a custom-made stand. See for a similar item from Martigny, in Zürich, Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, inventory no. 41434; see Von Gonzenbach, V., Fides Exercituum, eine Hand von Vindonissa, in Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft Pro Vindonissa, 1951-1952, pp.5ff.; D’Amato, R., Arms and armour of the Roman Imperial Soldier, 112 BC - AD 192, London, 2009, p. 170, fig.239; Toepfer K.M., Die römischen Feldzeichen in der Republik und im Prinzipat, Mainz, 2011, NZ52; D’Amato, R., Roman standards and standard-bearers, (1), 112 BC - AD 192, Oxford, 2018, p.31. 1.7 kg total, 28cm including stand (11"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired on the London art market in the 2000s; accompanied by an academic report by Dr. Raffaele D’Amato; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.161840-10064.. Roman military signa decorated by a phalera and surmounted by a right hand have been used since the Late Consular Age, as can be seen on the Scafa reliefs (Toepfer, 2011, WF10, pl. 125, pp. 396 ff.) and in the Church of San Domenico in Sora (D'Amato, 2009, p.127), where the presence of the hand suggests the representation of Signa Manipulorum (Standards of the maniples"). The hand (manus) symbolised the fides, ie. the allegiance between the soldiers and the Res Publica. Also during the Imperial Age, the identification element of the signum manipularis was possibly a hand, a small shield, or another symbol on the top of the standard. Fine condition. ( A video of this lot can be viewed on Timeline Auctions website.)
1st century BC-1st century AD. A sceptre comprising a slender round-section iron rod and bronze handle with bulb to each end, the finial a janiform bust of two female faces each with curls to the sides, cucullus head-covering and diadem with plate to the brow; mounted on a custom-made stand. 2.1 kg total, 70.5cm including stand (27 3/4"). From an important London collection; previously with Bonhams, London, 13 April 2011, lot 149 (£10,000-£12,000); formerly in a private French collection, formed in the 1970s; accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.163491-10069. The Latin word sceptrumfrom which we derive 'sceptre' is based on the Greek σκῆπτρον denoting a staff or walking-stick. The janiform female bust is unusual and may represent e.g. the priestesses of Vesta in Rome. Fine condition. ( A video of this lot can be viewed on Timeline Auctions website.)
2nd-3rd century AD. A matched pair of gold earrings, each a hook and openwork rosette with cabochon sapphire to the centre, transverse scroll beneath with two suspension rings; two breloques below, each with a garnet cabochon and ovoid sapphire finial. 6.77 grams total, 46mm each (1 3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1970; accompanied by a copy of an expertise from Striptwist Ltd, a London-based company run by historical precious metal specialist Dr Jack Ogden, reference number 180105/89, supplied with geological report No. TL004927, by geological consultant Dr R. L. Bonewitz. [2] Very fine condition.
4th-5th century AD. A gold spoon with shallow piriform bowl, scrolled neck with lobes, hollow square-section handle with baluster below and shortened knop finial. Cf. Riha, E. & Stern, W.B., Die Römischen Löffel aus Augst und Kaiseraugst, Forschungen in Augst 5, Augst, 1982, item 274, for type. 30.79 grams, 89mm (3 1/2"). Property of a Suffolk gentleman; acquired before 2000. Fair condition. ( A video of this lot can be viewed on Timeline Auctions website.)
1st-2nd century AD. A dress pin comprising sheet gold top with sleeve and amphora-shaped finial, iridescent glass bead between the arms, attached to a later turned bone shaft with baluster. 5.98 grams, 17.5cm (7"). From an East London collection; previously in a collection formed between 1990-2000. Fine condition.
2nd century AD. A matched silver cutlery set comprising a spoon with long parallel-sided bowl, chamfered rim, hexagonal-section handle with polyhedral finial; fork similar with square-section U-shaped head; mounted on a custom-made stand. 388 grams total, 19cm including stand (7 1/2"). Property of an English gentleman; formerly the property of J.S.; acquired in Belgium 1968-1972. Fine condition.
1st millennium BC. A terracotta rhyton with tubular body and everted rim, a collar beneath the rim; the finial an ibex head with long curved horns and lentoid eyes, slit mouth and incised nostrils; small spout below. 753 grams, 24cm (9 1/2"). Property of a North London gentleman; previously in a UK collection from 1980-2000. Fine condition, repaired.
5th-4th century BC. A spectacular pale-green aqua glass lion-headed beaker or rhyton of exceptional quality, with chamfered rim and conical body with eighteen graduated circumferential ribs, thickened collar with notches indicating the mane and incised ears, lion-head finial with gaping mouth; eyes, teeth, nose and muzzle with wheel-cut detailing. See von Saldern, A. Glasrhyta Festschrift für Waldemar Haberey, Mainz, 1976 for discussion; Trowbridge, M.L. Philological Studies in Ancient Glass, Urbana, 1930; Barag, D. Western Asiatic Glass in the British Museum, London, 1985; a comparable piece is found in the Miho Museum, Shiga 529-1814, Japan, known as the 'Shumei beaker'. 257 grams, 16cm (6 1/4"). Previously the property of a Surrey gentleman; acquired 2010 from a private European collector living in South Kensington, London, UK; previously acquired in 1991; accompanied by a positive five page scientific report written by glass specialist Professor Julian Henderson, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., F.S.A., dated 26 June 2019; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.159507-10077. The luxury glass items produced in the Achaemenid Empire were of exceptional quality, made in the royal workshops at Persepolis, Susa and Ecbatana, possibly utilising the skills of Assyrian workmen. The peak of craftsmanship is associated with the 5th century BC in the city of Persepolis under Darius and his successors Xerxes and Artaxerxes I. The glass is transparent and clear with a slight green tinge (described as 'aqua' in the literature), a technique which began in Assyria in the 8th century BC replacing the earlier highly coloured opaque forms of glass which were intended to imitate gemstones and faience. These were produced using the core-form process which appears at around the same time in Egypt and Mesopotamia, mainly in connection with polychrome mosaic glass pieces. The intention with aqua glass was to imitate rock crystal and to enable engraving. There are several known examples in Europe dating to the 7th century of glass vessels with deliberate colour-reduction and rather thick walls, which are probably of Assyrian origin, and which are direct precursors of the Iranian material which in turn inspired Aegean and other craftsmen. The prototypes for the design are all found in precious metal (mainly silver) beakers and other vessels. In the play Acharnians by Aristophanes (first performed in Athens in 425 BC) it is reported that Athenian ambassadors to the Persian court at Ecbatana 'drank sweet wine from vessels of gold and glass' (Trowbridge, 1930, 134"). Persepolis's treasury revealed, during excavations in the 1930s, a wealth of clear or aqua glass vessels, many with cut decoration and made in moulds. The decorative device of fluting or grooving was applied to a variety of artefact types, typified in the lotus bowls of Achaemenid Persia and its successors which are mainly of silver although glass examples are known (mainly aqua or pale blue in colour"). These items form a cohesive group (of which the present piece is an example) of highly accomplished vessels and other items which emanate from the workshops established beside royal residences in Achaemenid Iran. Very fine condition. An excessively rare museum piece similar to the famous 'Shumei beaker'. ( A video of this lot can be viewed on Timeline Auctions website.)
Late New Kingdom, 1069-945 BC. A bronze mirror with a Late Period wooden handle, the mirror with discoid face, the handle with likeness of the goddess Hathor bearing traces of gold leaf, tiered and segmented collar, curved grip with reserved chevrons and rosette finial. 660 grams, 31cm (12 1/4"). From the private collection of a medical professional; formerly in the old French collection of Mr Mandel, 1960-1975; with old label to the reverse of the handle dated 1935; accompanied by an original French certificate of exportation, number 208888. Fine condition. Rare.
6th-4th century BC. An amphoriskos with two lug handles, broad, flat rim and knop finial at base; ribbed neck, guilloche at the shoulder, broader band of concentric lozenge and oval shapes on hatched field and a band of leaf motifs around the base; small bubbles visible in the glass. 39.8 grams, 90mm (3 1/2"). Property of a London lady, part of her family's collection; acquired in the 1970s. The amphoriskos would have held perfume or scented oil that would have been made from expensive and exotic ingredients to match the status of the container. Many perfumes would have been traded along the 'Incense Road', a trade route that ran from Yemen and Arabia to the cosmopolitan cities of the Mediterranean. Perfume was worn by both men and women and was central to cult worship as it was seen as pleasing to the gods and able to win their favour. Fine condition.
Two Wedgwood Queensware green banded cache pots and stands, a Leeds creamware teapot and cover and similar tea caddy and cover, all late 18th century, the half barrel form cache pots and stands with impressed Wedgwood or Wedgwood & Bentley marks, 11cm high, the Leeds teapot and caddy unmarked, 15 and 13.5cm (8)CONDITION: One cache pot has a hairline crack and not a great fit to the unmarked stand. Both pots with some crazing. Caddy neck reglued and cracked, teapot rim cracked and spout splinter chipped, inner sleeve of cover with loss and finial glued.
A large Regency brass inset mahogany repeating chiming bracket clock, with swept arched case, flanked by Egyptianesque pilasters, painted Roman dial and unsigned twin fusee movement, width 19in. depth 9.5in. height 37.25in.CONDITION: Top finial with a dull finish but looks original, main body of case a little dried out, of even rich mahogany tone but would benefit from a repolish, fine horizontal splits running through either side of the case about level with the four brass pineapple finials, finials are a little wobbly, a section of ebonised moulding missing from the arch above the door to the right side, pilasters a little oxidised, glazed side panels good, two short cracks in the veneers to the lower right side, no key to the front door, dial probably repainted but of some age and now a little dirty with minor scratching particularly around the winding holes, hands look very simple and may well be later, ball feet oxidised, back door lacking key and with a somewhat duller finish on the left side, lock coming loose and in the locked position, main section of missing ebonised moulding inside the case, along with two other small pieces of moulding, movement looks untouched, chiming on eight bells and striking on a separate bell, comes with adjustable pendulum but not in any way signed, looks complete but not tested for timekeeping.
A Victorian silver bullet shaped teapot, by Walter Morrisse, with engraved decoration and crest and rose finial, London, 1854, gross 17oz.CONDITION: Decoration and crest quite tired. Surface scratches in general and a couple of minor dings. Small dent within the decoration on the top of the pot. Hallmarks clear.
A late 19th century Austro-Hungarian silver-gilt mounted amethyst coloured glass bowl cover, the mount to cover and base with bosses set red enamel, the finial similarly set red enamel with eagle surmount, raised upon triple lions paw supports, impressed Austro-Hungarian 1866-1937 .800 fineness silver mark to base, glass approx. 14.1cm diameter. Image added
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