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Lot 1039
An Ethiopian sword shotel, early 20th century, with broad straight de Liegeoise blade, cut with two fullers and etched with foliate decoration, the ricasso with the crowned lion of Judah stamped verso GG, with horn grip and brass mounted pommel, all within a stitched leather scabbard, the blade 80 cm, overall 92 cm.
Lot 9
THE KENNEDY OF CASSILLIS FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR ENGRAVED MAP POWDER HORN 18TH CENTURY with later white metal mounts engraved DATE/ Sept. 5th 1760, the butt cover engraved with the heraldic crest for Kennedy of Cassillis; the horn displaying the British Royal Arms above a trophy and banner NEW YORK and a view of the skyline, the body of the horn engraved with a map of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers, terminating at Lake Champlain and Lake Ontario, marked with the principal cities, towns, and forts, and a cartouche marked 'JOHN COU/LTER HIS/ HORN MA/ DE BY SA/ M DAVIS'(26cm long)
Lot 252
19th C Adam style Fire Curb with urn and swag decoration, 23cm h x 161cm long x 39cm d together with a pair of Andirons in the form of lidded urns raised on square bases 41cm x 15cm, a 3 piece fireside Companion Set with tongs, poker and shovel with ram's horn decoration and the original rectangular central weight
Lot 390
A hallmarked silver hunting horn, length 20cm.Condition: various small dents around the rim, surface wear including rubbing, hallmarks very rubbed, although made out maker as Sampson Mordan & Co, London, date mark too rubbed to identify, however, makers mark used between 1891-1928, mouthpiece is horn.
Lot 373
An early 19thC Scrimshaw cow horn powder flask, with turned wooden cap and screw filler cap, the body incised with a coastline and ship above the name 'Quebec', the reverse with incised rhyme - 'That which my father old hath made and left me to posses, do i dearly hold to shew my worthiness, A W, 1803', 35cm.
Lot 1538
A good selection of 20thC walking sticks, shepherd's crooks, etc. to include a horn topped example, another double pheasant headed walking stick, 122cm H, a shepherd's crook, curved stick, pheasant headed example, club topped stick, shooting stick, etc. in a wrought iron umbrella stand. (a quantity)
Lot 393
A PRESENTATION SILVER SNUFF BOX, Birmingham 1900, makers Rolason Brothers, floral decoration with central inscription 'to Mr William Dixon as a token of respect by the members of the Gramilton Coop Society and Friends 8th September 1902', 6cms wide, 76.3grms along with an ebony and horn handled cane with silver collar bearing the same inscription, 91cms length
Lot 278
13th-6th century BC. A bronze figure of a ram with legs extended, mouth open. See Godard, F.& Y. Bronzes du Luristan, La haye, n.d. 91.76 grams, 83mm (3 1/4"). From the private collection of a North West London lady; previously with a central London gallery; formerly acquired before 1990. Fine condition, one horn partly absent.
Lot 509
6th-7th century AD. A spectacular gilt-bronze appliqué in the form of a facing male head with horned headgear; piriform face, discoid eyes with garnet (?) cloison inserts, the nose covered by the nasal of the headgear, the beard triangular and the ends of the moustache extending beyond the cheeks; hair covered by a helmet or mask with hatched texture extending around the upper face and developing to two crescent extensions from the temples which meet above the crown of the head; the terminals formed as birds' heads; possible remains of attachment stud to the reverse. Kevin Leahy, National Adviser, Early Medieval Metalwork of the PAS commented: This striking mount is Early Anglo-Saxon and dates from the 6th to 7th century. Faces like this, wearing a horned headdress (or sporting horns of their own) are well known, appearing on some of the foils decorating the Sutton Hoo helmet, where the warriors carry swords and spears and appear to be dancing. A similar foil was found in a burial at Caenby, Lincolnshire and the horned warrior carrying two spears appears on a gold buckle from Finglesham, Kent. Horned warriors are not restricted to England and appear on a die for making foils found at Torslunda, Sweden, and on a die from Ayton in the Scottish Borders region. The question is: who do these mounts represent? It has been suggested that they depict the god Woden, one of whose attributes was a spear and that the birds' heads on the ends of the horns represent the the god's two ravens. However, these birds often have hooked eagles' beaks not the pointed beaks of ravens. We also see multiple depictions of the horned warrior on the same foil suggesting that it was not the god, although it is possible that the god's image was duplicated to emphasise his power. Woden is sometimes shown with only one eye as he gave up his other eye in exchange for wisdom. The two garnet-inlaid eyes seen here do not preclude the face being that of Woden but it would have been helpful if it had only one eye. Finally, what was this mount used for? Other examples like the one from Rempstone, Notts., has mounting pins on its back as does a mount from Finglesham, Kent. Many of the other mounts, however, lack any signs of a fixing. It is clear that the mount described here was attached to an iron object but we are left guessing what it was: a helmet or a buckle? Unless you find one still attached we are going to be left to wonder. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Cf. Hammond, B. British Artefacts - volume 1. Early Anglo-Saxon, Witham, 2010, item 1.4.5-r; Raynor, K. The Rempstone Mount: Anglo Saxon and Viking Horned Man Images & Artefacts, Nottingham, 2010 ; Pollington, S., Kerr, L. & Hammond, B. Wayland's Work: Anglo-Saxon Art, Myth & Material Culture from the 4th to 7th century, Ely, 2010; Pestell, T. Paganism in Early Anglo-Saxon East Anglia in Heslop, T.A., Mellings, E.A. and Thofner, M. Icon? Art and Belief in Norfolk from Prehistory to the Present, Woodbridge, 2012, figs. 6(a,b"). Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme under reference BERK-DB4E15. 10 grams, 39mm (1 1/2"). Found Kingsworthy, Winchester, Hampshire, UK, in 2017; accompanied by a copy of the Portable Antiquities Scheme report number BERK-DB4E15, and a copy of The Searcher magazine, number 389, January 2019, where it features as the only item on the front cover and a two-page exclusive article by the finder, Caroline Fathers, on pp.14 & 15. The headgear with bird-head terminals is restricted to the 6th-7th centuries in England, although there are parallels from the material culture of both Anglian England and southern Scandinavia at this time. A pair of comparable bird-helmeted human faces can be found on the reconstructed frontal plates on the helmet found in Mound 1 at Sutton Hoo (Suffolk) depicting dancing warriors, and the male face shown on a foil fragment recovered from the barrow at Caenby (Lincolnshire"). Similar also is the figure on one of the dies found at Torslunda (Öland, Sweden) showing a male wearing a helmet with a pair of bird-headed horns. A long, triangular male face is shown on the vandyke designs on the foil horn mounts from the barrow at Taplow (Berkshire"). A male figure wearing a helmet with horns and bird-head terminals is the central design on a long triangular buckle found in grave 95 at Finglesham (Kent), and also from Finglesham (grave 138) is a mount in the form of a long, triangular human head with vertical radiating bands from the top of the head, and two crescentic horns emerging from the crown, terminating in opposed birds’ heads which meet above. A similar mount was found at Rempstone (Nottinghamshire) and privately published in Raynor (2010) while others were found more recently at Attleborough (Norfolk) and Soberton (Hampshire, PAS ref. HAMP2432"). A mount depicting a similar figure, showing the upper body with hands gripping spears, was published in Hammond (2010"). The significance of the headgear has not been fully explored but the coincidence of the birds and the head recall the later myths of Oðinn and his bird messengers, and suggest that these mythic characters were familiar in early Anglo-Saxon England. Very fine condition. An extremely rare museum-quality display piece.
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