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Click here to subscribeRoman Period, 30 BC-323 AD. A round-section gold hoop with raised lozengiform head, double-coiled tail, punched scale detailing. Cf. Taylor, G. & Scarisbrick, D. Finger Rings from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day, Oxford, 1978, item 79 for type. 5.15 grams, 21mm overall, 19.05mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 9, Europe 19.69, Japan 19) (3/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Very fine condition.
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze omega-shaped handle, round in section with flanges and knop finials, formed as an opposed pair of dolphins with a ribbed band between the mouths, knop above; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Allason-Jones, L. & Miket, R. The Catalogue of Small Finds from South Shields Roman Fort, Newcastle, 1984, item 3.411. 115 grams with stand, 10cm wide (4"). Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector. Very fine condition.
4th-5th century AD. A glass beaker or cup with slightly flattened base and flared rim, two sets of three applied blue-glass pellets and two sets of one large blue-glass pellet. See Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 452 for type. 73 grams, 80mm (3"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1970. Very fine condition.
3rd-4th century AD. A cylindrical glass bottle with concave base, steep shoulder, narrow neck and flared mouth with applied trail rim. Cf. Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 308. 33 grams, 10cm (4"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition, some iridescence.
6th-7th century AD. A broad silver hemispherical bowl with rounded rim, with possibly later parcel-gilt motif to the centre of an expanding-arm cross with alpha-omega(?) monogram above. Cf. Moorey, P.R.S. et al. Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics and Seals, Los Angeles, 1981, item 712. 346 grams, 18cm (7"). From an old Oriental collection. The bowl is of standard elongated Sassanian 3rd-7th century AD type; the parcel-gilt motif may be a later Byzantine addition. Very fine condition.
10th century AD. A substantial flat-section gold hoop with niello-filled borders and owner's inscription in Insular script '+ÆDELFLED+MIE+Ah' (for Æðelflæd me ah 'Æ. owns me'). Cf. Oman, C.C. British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974, plate 11 item F. 6.83 grams, 22mm overall, 17.00 x 19.13mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20.0, Japan 19) (1"). Property of an East Sussex lady; formerly in a Hertfordshire collection before 1990. The spelling 'MIE' for me or mec meaning 'me' also occurs on an unprovenanced 9th-11th century ring in the British Museum with the inscription '+EA?EN MIE AH S PETRUS STAN CES' (Eawen owns me, St. Peter the rock chose [me]). Very fine condition.
6th century AD. A silver pendant made from a denarius of emperor Hadrian mounted with a flat-section loop rivetted to both faces. Cf. Hammond, B. British Artefacts vol.1 - Early Anglo-Saxon, Witham, 2009, item 1.6.5-a. 3.10 grams, 22mm (1"). Property of a professional; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s. [No Reserve] Fine condition. Rare.
9th century AD. A rectangular book or casket mount with chamfered outer edges, scooped inner edges and trefoil between; incised niello-filled circle with facing figure of St. John pointing to an open book, eagle to his right shoulder, spandrels framing his head and 'IO/HA/NNIS' (John) above the book; spandrel above the circle, addorsed beast-heads flanking each with open mouth, scaphoid ear, hole for the eye (to accept a domed rivet-head), punched-dot texturing; the trefoil with holes for eyes in the two flanking lobes and punched lozenges for the nostrils; small gilt section to the reverse. Cf. facing figures on the Fuller Brooch, published in Webster, L. & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, item 257. 5.30 grams, 39mm (1 1/2"). Property of a London collector; previously in the Don Lee collection before 1990. The first copies of the Bible to enter Britain during the Anglo Saxon period would have come with missionaries from the Continent and most notably Rome. The first recorded conversions happened in 597 AD with the arrival of Augustine. Prior to his arrival Æthelberht of Kent married a princess, Bertha, daughter of Charibert, one of the Merovingian kings of the Franks, who brought with her a chaplain. Bertha had restored a church from Roman times to the east of Canterbury and dedicated it to Saint Martin of Tours, the patronal saint for the Merovingian royal family. Æthelberht himself, though a pagan, allowed his wife to worship God her own way. Probably under influence of his wife, Æthelberht asked Pope Gregory I to send missionaries, and in 596 the Pope dispatched Augustine, together with a party of monks. Thereafter Christianity spread throughout England under royal patronage. Churches became prominent landmarks, along with monasteries, and these religious institutions required the necessary objects for the carrying out of Christian ritual. The most important of these was the Bible itself which was laboriously copied and decorated at a number of important centres, such as Lindisfarne, and then disseminated to the monasteries, churches and cathedrals. Not only were these lavishly decorated within, but the covers were also decorated in silver, silver-gilt and gold plates, depicting Christ and the four Evangelists in typical Anglo Saxon style. Fine condition.
6th century AD. A bronze cruciform brooch comprising: rectangular headplate with vertical borders and rows of punched crescent detail, D-section waisted knop to the three outer edges, deep bow with median groove, rows of similar punched detail and transverse banding to the ends, short footplate with ribbed collar, horse-head finial with conical eyes; pin-lug and catchplate to the reverse. Cf. West, S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, fig.146, item 18. 24 grams, 77mm (3"). Property of a Hertfordshire collector; acquired London art market, 1980s. Very fine condition.
6th century AD. A bronze cruciform bow brooch of Type IV with rectangular headplate, deep bow and long footplate; the headplate with raised trapezoidal panel and three D-section knops, row of horseshoe punchmarks to each lateral edge; the bow chamfered at each end and carinated; the footplate with lateral lugs bearing ring-and-dot motifs, horse-head finial with roundels and punched pounts; pin-lug to the reverse with remains of ferrous pin, catchplate in situ. Cf. West, S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, plate 149, item 3. 51 grams, 10.5cm (4"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. Fine condition.
5th-6th century AD. A gilt-bronze button brooch with the face in the half-round and the surrounding flange reduced to a thick border; catchplate and pin-lug to the reverse. Cf. Avent, R. & Evison, V.I. Anglo-Saxon Button Brooches in Archaeologia, vol.CVII, 1982, plate XVIII, item 40.1. 3.07 grams, 16mm (3/4"). Found Yorkshire, UK. The narrow flange is present on a handful of such brooches; the present item most resembles the example from Blandford published by Avent and Evison. The helmetted face is clearly visible but the lack of the dished flange has allowed the surface to wear more than is usual; the gilding is substantially intact. Very fine condition. Excessively rare.
Late 8th-9th century AD. A bronze appliqué formed as a canine head with triangular ears, piriform muzzle, pellet eyes; the neck formed as a shallow channel. Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991. 9.69 grams, 27mm (1"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent, 1972. The head is typical of 8th-9th century Anglo-Saxon zoomorphic metalwork with similarities to those shown on the Strickland brooch (Webster & Backhouse, item 189) and a range of strap ends (ibid., item 191) and other items of personal adornment. The style recalls the details of manuscript illustration in e.g. the mid-8th century Stuttgart Psalter, produced in the scriptorium at Echternach founded by the Anglo-Saxon missionary, St. Willibrord (ibid., item 128a, initial to Psalm 1, detail of the 'e' in 'beatus'). The fragmented neck suggests that the object formed the finial to a decorative strip, perhaps similar in kind to the crest of the Coppergate helmet (ibid., item 47). [No Reserve] Fine condition.
10th-5th century BC. A bronze finger ring formed as a square-section rod in a tapering tubular coil with large perpendicular spiral plaque. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.) Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 8.7 for an arm-ring formed in a similar manner. 23 grams, 56mm overall, 16.00 x 18.92mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18) (2 1/4"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980; formerly in the Maurice Braham collection. Extremely fine condition.
800-500 BC. A pair of coiled bracelets each formed from a continuous rod in ten passes with ribbed texture to the outer face. Cf. MacGregor, A. Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 13.16. 428 grams total, 77-79mm (3 - 3 1/4"). From an old German collection; acquired in Munich in the 1970s. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.
800-500 BC. A bronze looped and socketted axehead with convex edge and lateral spurs, bulbous collar to mouth, raised D-shaped wings to each broad face. Cf. Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B. The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981, item 1287. 305 grams, 10.5cm (4 1/4"). Property of an Essex collector; acquired 1970s. Extremely fine condition.
11th-9th century BC. A Wilburton type axehead with ribbed mouth, slightly flared edge with straight sides, narrow lateral loop connecting to the socket mouth. Cf. Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B. The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981, item 1008. 267 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2"). Property of a professional; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s. [No Reserve] Fine condition, edge chipped.
800-500 BC. A bronze looped and socketted axehead with slightly flared cutting edge; thickened collar to mouth, elongated beaks, single ovoid loop, lateral ribs to each face Cf. Read, C.H. British Museum Guide to the Antiquities of the Bronze Age, London, 1904, item 105. 96 grams, 71mm (2 3/4"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. [No Reserve] Very fine condition. Professionally restored, cleaned and conserved.
11th-9th century BC. A Wilburton type axehead with ribbed mouth, slightly curved edge with straight sides, narrow lateral loop connecting to the socket mouth. Cf. Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B. The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981, item 1008. 231 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of a professional; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s. [No Reserve] Fine condition; casting flaw below the rim.
800-500 BC. A bronze looped and socketted axehead with convex edge and lateral spurs, bulbous collar to mouth, raised D-shaped wing to each broad face. Cf. Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B. The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981, item 1287. 275 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of an Essex collector; acquired 1970s. Fine condition.
800-700 BC. A substantial cast socketted axehead with ribbed collar to the mouth, flared blade with convex cutting edge and hammer facets; thick lateral loop. Cf. Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B. The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981. item 1614a. 230 grams, 10cm (4"). Property of an Essex collector; acquired 1970s. Very fine condition, slight chipping to edge.
1st-2nd century AD. A D-section cast miniature brooch with s-shaped body, scaphoid head joined at the chin and similar tail; enamel panels to the tail, ear, head, and the body with a panel of polychrome enamel ornament. Cf. Hattatt, R. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1655. 12 grams, 49mm (2"). Found East Yorkshire, UK. The 'dragonesque' brooch is typically Romano-British and first appeared after the start of the Roman conquest of southern England in 43 AD, but embodying native artistic taste. Fine condition; tail detached.
1st-2nd century AD. A bronze linch pin of vase-headed type with transverse piercings to the bulb, square-section socket below the flange, broad D-shaped plaque with rolled edge; incised La Tène motif to the bulb, two discoid cells and incised arch, to the upper face concentric rings and two leaf-shaped panels reserved against an originally enamelled field. Cf. MacGregor, M. Early Celtic Art in North Britain, vol.2, Leicester, 1976, item 131 from Traprain Law, Scotland. 68 grams, 40mm (1 1/2"). Found Norfolk, UK. [No Reserve] Fair condition.
16th century AD. A silver-gilt clothes fastener formed as a trilobe plaque with notched border and three hemispherical domes decorated with filigree and granule detailing, central rosette plaque with securing stud spread to the reverse, substantial round-section hook, flat-section staple with stamped maker's mark 'T' with fishtail stave. Cf. Gaimster, D., Hayward, M., Mitchell, D. and Parker, K. Tudor Silver-Gilt Dress-Hooks: A New Class of Treasure Find in England, in Antiquaries Journal, vol.82, 2002, item 5. 4.13 grams, 26mm (1"). Property of a Kent collector; by inheritance, 1970s. [No Reserve] Extremely fine condition.
10th century AD. A bronze bow brooch with hollow conical bow and symmetrical arms; the bow with central stud and facing masks above hatched bodies extending to the arms, each with lateral S-shaped animal elements, hands gripping the ribbon bodies and opposed facing mask at the outer edge; masks and lateral animals with silvered surfaces; hollow to the underside, pin-lugs and catchplate intact. Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, plate 80, item 2; Arwidsson, G. Birka II: 2 Systematische Analysen der Gräberfunde, Uppsala, 1986, plate 98, item IIIC:1. 20 grams, 79mm (3 1/4"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent, 1972. Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. Very fine condition; small hole above the catchplate, possibly to accept a safety loop. Excessively rare.
5th century AD. A massive silver neck torc with ends bent back to form the catchment loop; ends tapering along the edge of the body. Cf. Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item III.16.1. 255 grams, 19cm (7 1/2"). From an old Oriental collection. Very fine condition.
12th century AD. A D-section silver penannular brooch with clubbed ends, surmounted by rectangular studs, its pin formed as a round-section rod with D-shaped attachment panel decorated with punched roundels in lines; attached to this by a silver loop, a trichinopoly chain with conical finials ending in loops; to the other end, a flat annular plate with punched pellet and triangle decoration. Cf. A similar suite from grave 138 at Pavirvyte-Gudai in Griciuviene, E. Ziemgaliai - The Semigalians, Latvia, 2005, item 438. 18 grams, 25.5cm (10"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1960s. Very fine condition, chain separated in centre. Extremely rare.
9th-11th century AD. A silver sheath with lower edge fluted to accommodate the horn’s mouthpiece; the main panel bearing a strip of niello-inlaid billeted decoration following the outline of the sheathing; traces of an incised cursive design; the upper edge with a lobed extension, pierced to accept an attachment rivet; the sheathing curved and expanded to accommodate the shape of the horn within. Published in Hammond, B. British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, item 1.11-a; cf. Backhouse, J., Turner, D.H. & Webster, L. The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art 966-1066, London, 1984, p.34-5, item 15. 3.03 grams, 65mm. (2 1/2"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1960s. The execution of the decoration is reminiscent of the panels of a casket with Jellinge-style animals in the British Museum. Fair condition. Very rare.
10th-11th century AD. A penannular bronze neck-ring series of four twisted rods joined at the rear into two leaf-shaped flat-section panels with lines of punched roundel ornaments. Cf. Kolchin, B.A. and Makarova, T.I. Drevnyaya Rus', Byt i kultura, Moscow, 1997, plate 39, items 15, 18; plate 52, item 9. 124 grams, 18 cm (7"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. Very fine condition. Professionally restored, cleaned and conserved.
9th-10th century AD. A cast elliptical tortoise brooch with shallow central dome and narrow flange rim; to the dome, panels of Jellinge Style tendril and zoomorphic ornamentation within borders; flange with running punched-point zigzags; to the reverse, a crossbar to accept the pin and catchplate, loop to one end for attachment of a swag of beads. Cf. Nerman, B. Die Vendelzeit Gotlands, Stockholm, 1969, plate VII:5, item 271. 64 grams, 92mm (3 3/4"). Property of a professional; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s. Fine condition.
11th century AD. A gilt-bronze discoid pendant with integral loop, reserved motif with hatched body of a beast facing left. Cf. Korshun, V.E. Yazcheskye Priveski Drevnei Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Volume III, Moscow, 2013, item J-34. 4.55 grams, 28mm (1"). Property of a professional collector. Fine condition. Professionally restored, cleaned and conserved.
11th century AD. A large Scandinavian type pendant with raised border, image of a bird with splayed wings, pellets to the border. Cf. Korshyn, V.E. Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, item L-16. 13 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. Fine condition. Rare.
10th-12th century AD. A silver penannular hoop formed with butted tapering finials, median section of twisted wire in three strands, plaited, Baltic workmanship. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate CXXXVII, item 14. 5.98 grams, 26mm overall, 15.83mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11 1/4) (1"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
9th-12th century AD. A mixed group of silver pendants comprising: one lunate with scrolled loop; one rectangular with incised saltire; one axe-shaped with punched points. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate CXIV item 11. 5.35 grams, 21-36mm (3/4 - 1 1/2"). Property of a professional; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s. [No Reserve, 3] Fine condition.
9th-11th century AD. A bronze D-section child's(?) penannular bracelet decorated with opposed beast-head finials, Cf. Sedov, V.V. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhy Srednevekoviya, Moscow, 1987, plate XL, item 12. 11 grams, 56mm (2 1/4"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
10th-11th century AD. A bronze strap-distributor set comprising: a round-section ring with triangular central plaque and three arms, three stamped dots to the hub, foliage to the arms; an openwork plaque in a form of a stylised beast attached to the ring. Cf. Thunmark-Nylén, L. Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands I.: Abbildungen der Graubfunde, Stockholm, 1992, plate 83, item 8. 13 grams, 51mm (2"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. [No Reserve] Very fine condition. Professionally restored, cleaned and conserved.
11th-13th centuryAD. A bronze penannular brooch with curved beast-heads terminals, the round-section band with incised decoration, the pin formed as a round-section rod expanding to lateral flanges with punched pellets. Cf. Sedov, V.V. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhy Srednevekoviya, Moscow, 1987, plate CXV, item 3; Thunmark-Nylén, L. Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands I.: Abbildungen der Graubfunde, Stockholm, 1992, plate 249, item 2. 14 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. Very fine condition.
11th-12th centuryAD. A miniature axehead with a pierced straight-edged blade and spur to the inner edge; the thick facetted neck pierced for suspension; punched and incised motifs to the blade. Cf. Korshun, V.E. Yazcheskye Priveski Drevnei Rusi X-XIV Vekov, volume I, Moscow, 2013, item D.1.04. 15 grams, 51mm (2"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. [No Reserve] Fine condition. Professionally restored, cleaned and conserved.
10th century AD. A bronze discoid pendant decorated with two concentric bands of c-scrolls; integral suspension loop with pellet above. For similar see Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, plate 98, item 12. 6.94 grams, 34mm (1 1/4"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. Very fine condition.
12th-13th century AD. A flat-section gilt-bronze discoid pendant with outer ring of raised bosses, hexagonal rib and central boss. Cf. Kolchin, B.A. and Makarova, T.I. Drevnyaya Rus', Byt i kultura, Moscow, 1997, plate 53, item 9. 8.21 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Property of a professional; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s. [No Reserve] Fair condition; cracked.
11th-12th century AD. A flat-section triangular openwork mount formed as an advancing lion in a mesh of scrolled fronds and tendrils, four large studs to the reverse. Cf. similar scrolled foliage on the head of a crozier from St. David's in Webster, L. & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, item 268a. 7.48 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
11th-13th century AD. A group of bronze belt mounts comprising: one shield-shaped with floral decoration; one rectangular with scroll decoration and attachment loop; one rectangular decorated with enamelled concentric circles enclosing a floral design; one discoid with scroll decoration; one discoid with five raised bosses; one heart-shaped; one heater-shaped with scrolls and lozenge decoration; one rectangular with central bosses and raised border. Cf. Murasheva, V.V. Drevnerusskije Remennyje Nabornyje Ukrashenyja (X-XIII VV.), Moscow, 2000, plate 44, items 1A - 1B-2; plate 47, item a; plate 62; item 1A. 26 grams total, 14-44mm (1/2 - 1 3/4"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. [8, No Reserve] Fine condition.
11th-12th century AD. A group of bronze belt mounts comprising: one circular with ribbed border and scroll decoration; one D-shaped with pelleted border; one star-shaped with foliage decoration; one in the form of a flower; one triangular-shaped with scroll decoration; one tear-shaped; one rectangular decorated with beasts(?); one leaf-shaped with decorated border and central raised circular tube; one heater-shaped decorated with a pair of scrolls. Cf. Murasheva, V.V. Drevnerusskije Remennyje Nabornyje Ukrashenyja (X-XIII VV.), Moscow, 2000; plate 27, item 15; plate 83, items 0036-7. 29 grams total, 11-46mm (1/2 - 1 3/4"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. [9, No Reserve] Fine condition.
9th-11th century AD. An iron axehead with triangular-section narrow blade widening to a broad bevelled edge with square chin, socket with short lateral flanges and rectangular panel to the rear. Cf. Thunmark-Nylén, L. Die Wikingerzeit Gotlands I.: Abbildungen der Graubfunde, Stockholm, 1992, plate 13, item 14. 217 grams, 15cm (5 3/4"). Property of a professional collector. Fine condition. Professionally cleaned and conserved.
11th-13th century AD. A restrung necklace of mainly spherical glass beads in shades of yellow and orange, openwork silver coloured pendant with cross botonny motif. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate LVIII item 19. 26 grams, 41cm (16"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent, 1972. Fine condition.
Postage Dues: 1914 D.L.R. typo ptg, 1d black and scarlet, lower right corner vertical pair, error black printing double (SG D2a), the lower stamp shows a complete doubling, the upper stamp partial incl the stop, lower part of 'd' and tiny part of '1', creasing affects lower stamp, however this u/m, upper stamp extensive adhesions and hinge remainders, also marks on face, and extraordinary and very rare item, BPA Cert (1987)
1841 March outer letter sheet from Stroud to Sheffield, franked with four margined 1840 1d black plate 8, lettered "BK", tied by almost complete black MC, "STROUD" despatch cds to left and "SHEFFIELD" arrival backstamp, the stamp with "rough" edges and "masking" tape on reverse, still an attractive little item, cat £1,000
1855 Proof from the engraved die, 4a blue and red, Head Die III, Frame Die II on unwatermarked wove paper, with red wavy line surround and red rosettes in each corner, the upper left and lower right rosettes and a small part of the wavy lines printed in blue, cut square (58mm x 60mm) on un-watermarked paper, fine, unknown to Spence. A beautiful item of the highest importance and desirability
Reprints with the Essay Head: 1890? Lithographic transfer without the outer frame of wavy line and rosettes, with impressions 18mm apart horizontally and 12 to 12½mm vertically (in three rows of four) from a special printing with the head stone inverted (except on pos. 1 with upright) , on medium white wove paper, 4a red and blue with "SPECIMEN" printed on the reverse of each impression in complete sheet of 12 (Spence 59-60), fine and scarce, a spectacular item
A 16th Century Pewter Bossed Base Plate bearing the mark of Sir Thomas Curtis of London, from the Punta Cana Pewter Wreck, Circa 1550, 7¾ ins (19.5 cms) in diameter. Please be aware there is an additional 5% surcharge on this item related to customs charges, this is in addition to the standard charges in our terms and conditions.
A 16th Century Pewter Spanish Trencher bearing the mark of Sir Thomas Curtis of London, from the Punta Cana Pewter Wreck, Circa 1550, 7 7/8 ins (20 cms) in diameter. Please be aware there is an additional 5% surcharge on this item related to customs charges, this is in addition to the standard charges in our terms and conditions.
A 16th Century Pewter Eight-Pointed Plate with bossed base, bearing the mark of Sir Thomas Curtis of London, form the Punta Cana Pewter Wreck, Circa 1550, 9¼ ins (23.5 cms) wide point to point. Please be aware there is an additional 5% surcharge on this item related to customs charges, this is in addition to the standard charges in our terms and conditions.
A 16th Century Pewter Eight-Pointed Plate with bossed base, bearing the mark of Sir Thomas Curtis of London, form the Punta Cana Pewter Wreck, Circa 1550, 9 3/8 ins (23.8 cms) wide point to point. Please be aware there is an additional 5% surcharge on this item related to customs charges, this is in addition to the standard charges in our terms and conditions.
A 16th Century Pewter Eight-Pointed Plate with bossed base, bearing the mark of Sir Thomas Curtis of London, form the Punta Cana Pewter Wreck, Circa 1550, 9¼ ins (23.5 cms) wide point to point. Please be aware there is an additional 5% surcharge on this item related to customs charges, this is in addition to the standard charges in our terms and conditions.
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