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Lot 399
A pair of 19th century portrait miniatures on ivory, one depicting a young boy holding a British single masted sailing ship, the other depicting a young girl holding a kitten, 7cm x 9cm each, gilt swept frames, 15cm x 17cm. Condition - the portrait of the boy indistinctly signed and also has a crack running right through, no further damage, general wear to frames to include losses.
Lot 1
An early 20th century Art Deco gilt bronze figure in the manner of Ferdinand Preiss, depicting a young European man in 17th century dress and carrying a sword, with carved ivory head and hands, on onyx plinth, left foot indistinctly numbered, height 25.5cm. Condition - old hairlines to ivory, right thumb broken off and missing, sword loose, play in head and left hand.
Lot 24
A Regency teak Davenport in the manner of Gillows, with pierced brass gallery, tooled leather slope, revealing a fitted interior having ivory handled drawers, swivel draw front, slides to each side and panelled door revealing four drawers with brass campaign handles, on turned feet, 90cm H, 49cm W, 55cm D.Provenance: The St Georges Collection, Stamford. To be sold WITHOUT RESERVE.
Lot 22
A Regency mahogany bowfront chest, of four graduated drawers with boxwood strung and rosewood crossbanded top, over four drawers with brass circular pressed handles, ivory escutcheons and splay feet, 107cm H, 105cm W, 58cm D.Provenance: The St Georges Collection, Stamford. To be sold WITHOUT RESERVE.
Lot 175
A collection of Royal Worcester blush ivory late 19th/early 20th century, including a tall slender vase with flared upper rim, a flatback jug, taller jug with bamboo style handle, twin handled jar and cover, small jug, small vase with crimped rim and a pot pourri jar and cover set on three claw feet, printed factory marks, various sizes (7)
Lot 217
A Japanese carved ivory okimono of a man with a noh mask, Meiji period, he sits rubbing his forehead looking pained and with a short stick in his right hand planted squarely on the ground, a noh mask by his right side, his coat with feather detailing, 3.5cm high and another Japanese okimono of a geisha in traditional dress holding a hanetsuki paddle and fan, 5cm high (2)
Lot 166
Four pieces of Royal Worcester blush ivory painted with flowers, early 20th century, comprising a pair of slender trumpet vases, 15.2cm high; a pair of unusually shaped jugs, shape 1438, 9cm high together with a Victorian Moore Brothers vase painted with flowers, with frilled and gilded upper rim and setr on three scrolling feet, printed factory mark in green, 10cm high (5)
Lot 264
A pair of Victorian ebony and inlaid and gilt metal mounted side cabinets, circa 1870, each with rectangular top and frieze inlaid with ivory griffin and foliate scrollwork above an arched glazed door enclosing velvet lined interior with two shelves between outfacing corners and Corinthian capped pilasters between glazed sides over a concave moulding and conforming plinth, 93cm wide, 40cm deep, 112cm high (2)
Lot 82
A Victorian mother of pearl and abalone visiting card case, one aspect with central rectangular panel carved in relief with two birds perched on an urn under a laurel wreath, enclosed by lozenge panel border, ivory trim, 10.5cm; together with a similar box with panelled sections, ivory trim, on four bun feet, width 8cm; with an oval pale green glass Neoclassical intaglio of two wrestlers, 4.5cm x 3.5cm, and assorted mosaic hardstone pieces. (Qty: 3)
Lot 274
Wilhelm Hoffert, a pair of miniature portraits painted on ivory possibly over a print foundation, Albert McGill, head and shoulders length, oval, 7.5x6cm, and a lady, head and shoulders length wearing a tiara, 7.5x6cm, both signed, ebonised cushion frames, a miniature portrait painted on ivory, Isaac Piggott, head and shoulders length, 9x7cm and three other painted portrait miniatures, in ebonised frames, and two brass easel back photograph frames, (8).
Lot 294
A good 19th Century Chinese fan, Qing dynasty, ivory monture, the guards deeply carved with a dragon and phoenix, mounted à l'Anglaise with a cream gauze leaf embroidered with pastel silks, the recto depicting a dragon and the verso butterflies and flowers, trimmed in white feathers with a double silk tassel, contained within the original fitted box of black lacquer, gold figural decoration to the exterior, a blue silk lining to the lid painted with birds and flowers, guard length 37 cm, box length 48.5 cm
Lot 311
A late 19th Century French folding fan, gouache on a gauze leaf, painted with a view of a building hidden behind white blossom, ivory sticks with pierced slips, signed 'J.A.L. 1892', 35 cm, together with an early 20th Century folded fan, gouache on a satin leaf, painted with a floral scene, signed 'A.M.', mother of pearl sticks, 27 cm (af) (2)
Lot 451
Mid 3rd century AD. An iron short dagger or pugio of the 'Kunzing Type' according to the classification of Bishop & Coulston, 2006, p.164, with double-edged blade complete with characteristically leaf-shaped with pronounced waist and longitudinal rib, which is typical of this category; the sides are parallel, the iron grip originally would have been covered with bone or ivory, having inverted T-shaped grip plates with crescentic pommel. See Bishop, M. C. – Coulston, J.C.N., Roman military equipment, from the Punic wars to the fall of Rome, London,1993; Kennedy, D., The twin towns of Zeugma on the Euphrates, Portsmouth, 1998; Ba?gelen N.-Ergeç R., Belkis/Zeugma, Halfeti, Rumkale, a last look at history, Istanbul, 2000; Bishop M. C. & Coulston J.C.N., Roman military equipment from the Punic Wars to the fall of Rome, London, 2006; Feugère, M., ‘Roman militaria from Zeugma’, in Ergeç, R. (Editor), International Symposium on Zeugma: from Past to Future, Gaziantep: 2006, 91-96; Ibañez, F.C. ‘Post Vestigium Exercitus. Militaria romana en la región septentrional de la Península Ibérica durante la época Altoimperial’, in Morillo A. (ed.), Actas del II Congreso de Arqueología Miltar Romana en Hispania. Universidad de León-Ayuntamiento de León: León 2006, 257-308; Casprini F., Saliola M., Pugio gladius brevis est, storia e tecnologia del pugnale da guerra romano, Roma, 2012. 247 grams, 37cm (14 1/2"). Property of a Suffolk collector; formerly acquired on the European art market in the 1990s. The Pugio appears as side weapon of the Roman legionary already during the 2nd century BC, probably adopted from the Iberians. However its full diffusion inside the Roman Army begins with Caesar but especially with Augustus, where it appears as the reserve weapon of the heavy infantryman. Usually worn on the left side of the body by the Milites Legionarii and on the right side from not commissioned officers and Centurions, was used as a lethal weapon in the body to body combat, being considered as a short sword (pugio gladius brevis est"). Its continued employment during the 3rd century is demonstrated by the many finds of similar type in Britannia (England), Syria, Germania (Germany), Pannonia (Hungary, part of modern Austria and Croatia) and in the most imperial provinces. Fine condition, holes to one side of hilt.
Lot 450
Mid 3rd century AD. A good condition iron short dagger or pugio of the 'Kunzing Type' according to the classification of Bishop & Coulston, 2006, p. 164, with double-edged blade complete with scabbard in iron sheath, the blade characteristically leaf-shaped with pronounced waist and a double longitudinal channel defining a rib, which is typical of this category; the sides are parallel, the iron grip originally would have been covered with bone or ivory, having inverted T-shaped grip plates with crescentic pommel; the iron sheath with punched decoration presents a mouth, medial plate and chape to the outer face; in this specimen the suspension rings used to wear the scabbard by attachment to the waist belt or to the baldric (cingulum and balteus) are exceptionally well preserved, and they are fastened by rivets to the mouth and medial plates. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] See Bishop, M. C. – Coulston, J.C.N., Roman military equipment, from the Punic wars to the fall of Rome, London,1993; Kennedy, D., The twin towns of Zeugma on the Euphrates, Portsmouth, 1998; Ba?gelen N.-Ergeç R., Belkis/Zeugma, Halfeti, Rumkale, a last look at history, Istanbul, 2000; Bishop M. C. & Coulston J.C.N., Roman military equipment from the Punic Wars to the fall of Rome, London, 2006; Feugère, M., ‘Roman militaria from Zeugma’, in Ergeç, R. (Editor), International Symposium on Zeugma: from Past to Future, Gaziantep: 2006, 91-96; Ibañez, F.C. ‘Post Vestigium Exercitus. Militaria romana en la región septentrional de la Península Ibérica durante la época Altoimperial’, in Morillo A. (ed.), Actas del II Congreso de Arqueología Miltar Romana en Hispania. Universidad de León-Ayuntamiento de León: León 2006, 257-308; Casprini F., Saliola M., Pugio gladius brevis est, storia e tecnologia del pugnale da guerra romano, Roma, 2012. 480 grams total, dagger: 34.5cm, scabbard: 25.5cm (13 5/8, 10"). Property of a Suffolk collector since the 1990s; accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This dagger finds a good parallel with a similar item found in London (Bishop & Coulston, 2006, p.165, fig.104,1), found in Copthall Court, which has 8cm wide and 30cm long blade. The Pugio appears as side weapon of the Roman legionary already during the 2nd century BC, probably adopted from the Iberians. However its full diffusion inside the Roman Army begins with Caesar but especially with Augustus, where it appears as the reserve weapon of the heavy infantryman. Usually worn on the left side of the body by the Milites Legionarii and on the right side from not commissioned officers and Centurions, was used as a lethal weapon in the body to body combat, being considered as a short sword (pugio gladius brevis est"). Its continued employment during the 3rd century is demonstrated by the many finds of similar type in Britannia (England), Syria, Germania (Germany), Pannonia (Hungary, part of modern Austria and Croatia) and in the most imperial provinces. In Kunzing not less than 51 blades and 29 sheaths of such weapons were found. Double-edged daggers of old pugio fashion are in particular archaeologically attested for the 3rd century AD, from Zeugma (Ba?gelen-Ergeç, 2000, p.22; Feugère, 2006, p.92; these iron specimens belonged to the soldiers of the IIII Legio Scytica here stationed; they were found in the 1992 excavation of the Dyonisos and Ariadne houses in chantier 12; s. Feugère, 2006, p. 92 and Kennedy, 1998, p.135, fig.5.9 p.89;) Dura (Bishop-Coulston, 2006, p.164;), Sotopalacios and Iuliobriga (Ibá?ez, 2006, pp.294 ff), London and other localities of Rhine and Germany (Kunzing, Eining, Speyer, s. Bishop-Coulston, 1993, fig.95.1 - London- ; Coulston-Bishop, 2006, fig.104, 4-5: Eining, 6: Speyer, Balkans and Danubian Limes. Our specimen is coming from a military outpost, probably from Britannia. The piece is in very good state of preservation, complete with scabbard. These daggers had usually a length of 28 cm, reaching a maximum size (scabbard included) of 40 cm. Some blades can be pattern-welded, whilst others had full organic grip assemblage. The presence of attachment rings on the scabbard was, according to Bishop & Coulston, a conservative feature, retained for the daggers long after that the ring suspension has been dismissed for the most of the sword's scabbards. 3rd century AD blades are usually longer and proportionally wider in comparison with the blades of the 1st - 2nd century. Casprini and Saliola (2012, pp.22-23) have evidenced the main differences between these pugiones and the earlier ones: with bigger dimension of the blade, expansion of the leaf-shaped shape, stronger central rib (when present), straight shoulder, flat tang, bigger guard of C typology, and bilobate pommel. The scabbards of these daggers were often only decorated with a simple punched decoration provided in front of the sheath, while the main body was fitted with wood slats covered by leather, but elaborated decorated scabbards also existed. Dagger scabbard plates in copper alloy from Dura, were identified by M. Bishop, finding a parallel with scabbard plates elements of daggers from Kastell Kapersburg, Zugamantel, Kastell Feldberg and Thamusida in Mauretania. These daggers were used both from Legionaries and Praetorians, these latter being usually more decorated. According to Herodian, when Septimius Severus gathered the Praetorians, he deprived them of the decorated daggers in addition to their belts. Very fine condition. Very rare with scabbard intact.
Lot 197
6th century AD. A marble sarcophagus-shaped casket from the period of Justinian the Great, rectangular in plan with pitched-roof lid; the contoured body with rosette within a wreath to each short side, expanding-arm cross within a wreath to one long side and to the other long side a D-shaped trough with arcaded outer face flanked by opposed peacocks and with a scallop above forming a spout; the plain interior with corresponding outlet hole; the lid with scrolled up stand to each corner, expanding-arm cross to each short side, similar motif in a wreath to one long side and to the other the image of the Divine Lamb (Agnus Dei) within a wreath; apex of the roof flat with central hole to accept strongly scented offerings of oils which was the method of interaction with the precious relic; the holes inside the wreaths were originally inserted with precious stones. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] See Grabar, A. L'età d'oro di Giustiniano, Milano, 1966; Hahn C. (ed.), Objects of devotion and desire, medieval relic to contemporary art, Januar 27-April 30, 2011, catalogue of the exhibition at the he Bertha and Karl Lebsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York, 2011; Various, Byzanz Pracht und Alltag, Kunst und Austellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn 26.Februar bis 13.Juni 2010, Mainz; and cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1978.273a,b and 49.69.2a,b for similar shaped caskets with offering apertures to the top. Such object of devotions began to be common from 4th century AD, when the Roman Empire slowly underwent its transformation in a Christian Empire, beginning with the Edict of tolerance towards all the Religions (included the Christian one) of Constantine and Licinius in 313 AD and ending with the proclamation of the Christianity as official religion of the Roman State, with Theodosius, in 380 AD. Since then the Roman Empire was a Christian one, with its Eastern Capital, Constantinople (the city of Constantine) or Nea Romi (New Rome) born as Christian city, and remaining such until its fall to the Turks in 1453 AD, except for the short period of Julian II (361-363 AD"). Many simpler similar reliquaries are preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of New York, generically dated to a large period between 400-600 AD. A similar reliquary, although less decorated, is preserved at the Israel Museum. Our reliquary can be dated with a major precision. It shows decorations and characters typical of the Age of Justinian the Great (527-565 AD"). The exquisite facture of the work points to Asiatic workshops of the Empire, in particular Ephesus or the same Chief City, Byzantium. The style of the crosses is the same of the cross held by the victorious Christ in the so-called Barberini ivory, today preserved at the Louvre Museum (Grabar, 1966, p.279, fig.319), with all probability realised at Constantinople in the first half of 6th century AD. The holes in the wreaths were inserted with precious stones, like those of the wreath the Diptych of Saint Lupicin in Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, also an artwork realised in Constantinople in 6th century. Two similar reliquaries, today in the Römisch-Germanisches Museum of Köln (Byzanz, 2010, pp.230-231), dated at the 6th century, were instead realized in Syria, one of the most rich provinces of the Empire before of its lost to the Arabs after the battle of Yarmouk in 636 AD. 16.3 kg, 30cm (12"). Property of a central London gentleman; previously with a London, Mayfair, gallery in the early 1990s, accompanied by an academic report by specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato and a geologic report No. TL005222, by geologic consultant Dr R. L. Bonewitz. This casket is in excellent condition and the refinement of execution is very rare. In many churches, the sacred relics were the focus of the liturgical rites and cultic processions. The relics were bones, bits of clothing, or fragments of objects that had belonged to a saint or holy person, which were kept in special boxes called reliquaries. In Khirbet Beth Sila, north of Jerusalem, a small reliquary was found containing a long strand of hair. The gabled stone sarcophagi used for Christian burial were the model for miniature copies, like the one seen here, that were manufactured throughout the Roman Empire as containers for relics or objects made holy by physical contact with them. Beginning in the fourth century, the bodies of martyrs and saints were exhumed, divided, and moved to local churches, where they were placed in reliquaries that were enclosed within altars or buried under them or displayed in chapels dedicated to the Saint. The reliquaries were placed beneath the main altar, within a depression in the floor, and sometimes also kept in the rooms alongside the apse or in the side apses, called for this reason martyria. The reliquaries served to the Pilgrims and devotes for the collecting of the holy Oil, the Myron. They were sealed, probably with lead, and the only way to interact with the precious relic kept inside was the opening at the top of the reliquary, where strongly scented offerings of oil could be poured inside the small sarcophagus. Once the oil had been poured through the upper aperture it passed over the enclosed relic and would have been collected in pilgrim flasks from the source on the side, thus creating holy oil. This is the reason why some of the reliquaries, like our specimen, have an additional hole in one of the sides, to make it easier to remove the sanctified oil. These holes were sometimes, like here, equipped with spouts, usually made of metal. The devoted honoured the reliquary with the most precious oil in the hope they would be rewarded with protection and healing. Alternatively, the holes in the lid of such sarcophagi-shaped reliquary, as seen in our specimen, allowed the faithful to insert cloth attached to narrow rods into the reliquary in order to absorb the power of the relic through contact. Very fine condition, minor wear. Extremely rare.
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