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Lot 53
A GEORGE III OAK LONGCASE CLOCK, the 14 ins square dial set with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with gilt highlighted shell painted spandrels and the name Williams???, set before a twin weight pendulum driven movement striking on a bell (pendulum and weights included), the hood with broken swan neck pediment above a single glazed door and flanking half cut turned pillars, the rectangular trunk door with ivory escutcheon and repeating side pillars with a chamfered step to the trunk base, with corner bracket feet, 218 cms high, 57 cms wide
Lot 77A
A ladies 9ct gold mechanical bracelet watch, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, a gold four stone turquoise ring, a gilt metal yellow paste stone pendant on chain, a silver brooch of a horse's head and shoe, with applied rose gold decoration, two pairs of paste stone studs and a 19th century ivory slave banglewatch 22.22g
Lot 2894
Pair of George IV silver and mother of pearl handled folding fruit knife and fork in original tooled red leather case (Sheffield 1827), Edwardian combination penknife, Victorian carved ivory novelty needlecase in the form of a pea pod, Edwardian silver stamp holder, book mark, penknife and pencil sharpener
Lot 1395
Stamps - a fine specialised collection of G.B. 1d red Imperfs. in large green stockbook identified with varieties, re-entries, ivory heads, plus a similar lot for Die I perforated issues identified for plates, etc. To accompany this lot is a copy of the Gardner Hill Collection of Die I perforated issues for reference (qty)
Lot 752
8th-7th century BC. A gold fitting in the form of a reclining ibex with horns arching over the back of the head, front legs bent under the body, back legs raised; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Goddard, A. Le Tresor de Ziwiye, 1950 Tehran, fig.39. 26 grams total, 61mm including stand (2 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; formerly in an academic collection of an important Mayfair gentleman before 2000; collection number 170. The Ziwiye hoard is a treasure hoard containing gold, silver, and ivory objects, also including a few Luristan pieces, that was uncovered on the south shore of Lake Urmia in Ziwiyeh, Kurdistan Province, Iran, in 1947. The hoard contains objects in four styles: Assyrian, Scythian, proto-Achaemenid, and the provincial native pieces. The collection of objects illustrates the situation of the Iranian plateau as a crossroads of cultural highways. Very fine condition.
Lot 757
3rd-7th century AD. A silver bust of a female, possibly part of a rhyton, with hair arranged in curls across the top of the head, circular hole to the top, hair bound by a gilded diadem decorated with studs, large rosette to the back; hair arranged in sections to the side of the head and falling to the shoulders in pig tails with decorative element to end; eyes, eyebrows and lips gilded; necklace around neck with gilded beads and large tear drop-shaped gilded pendant; large breasts with gilded nipples; small hole to the underside for attachment of spout. [A video of this lot is available on the TimeLine Auctions website] For a similar silver rhyton with female bust and buffalo head, see The Cleveland Museum of Art, accession number 1964.96. 802 grams, 21.5cm (8 1/2"). Fine condition, some loss to head.Property of a London gentleman; previously in an important Mayfair collection, circa early 1980s.The piece is probably part of a rhyton with the hole to the base being for the attachment of a spout. The rhyton was a popular drinking vessel in the east, in the Persian empire as well as the later Parthian and Sassanian empires. They reached Greece in the fifth century BC where Greek craftsmen adapted the eastern models according to their own specific preferences. They are frequently depicted on Greek funerary reliefs, as well as being some of the luxury items offered to the Great King on the reliefs from the stairways at the palace of Persepolis. They could be made from a range of material such as ceramic, silver, gold and even ivory. They often incorporate imagery relating to Dionysus, such as vine leaves and panthers, but other creatures such as lions, griffins, bulls, goats and stags also appear. In the Sassanian Empire Greek and Roman styles influence the native art to produce a hybrid style. The depiction of the female on this piece could be that of the goddess Anahita, an important deity of the Sassanian pantheon who divinity of water, healing, fertility and wisdom. The use of the bust of the goddess as the main body of the vessel could indicate that it was used in rituals associated with the goddess. [No Reserve]
Lot 2297
13th-14th century AD. A discoid bronze mount with strap to the reverse, central lion rampant within a double border, Lombardic script legend to the border 'CRAS DABOR NON O[D]I[E]' and means 'I will be given tomorrow not today' (the object itself is speaking), this is the form of the legend with the verb in the passive mood – dabor [I will be given], it is also found with the verb in the active mood – dabo [I will give (you it)]. 2.20 grams, 22mm (1"). Fine condition. Rare.Property of a Canadian lady; acquired 1970s-1990s.Malcolm Jones, Sheffield University, Dept. English Language & Linguistics, Senior Lecturer 1994-2009 and advisor to the British Museum and Portable Antiquities Scheme, says: 'The legend reads CRAS DABO NON HODIE. This is inscribed on nine other late medieval objects -- the most relevant parallels are a French annular brooch reported in the late 19C archaeological manuals but seemingly first by M.H. Bordier in his Notes sur les affiques in Memoires de la soc nat des antiquaires de Fr vol.36 (1875), 248f. (this example further inscribed on the reverse), and two finger-rings found in England, one in Coventry in 1830 [see Joan Evans English posies p.5 -- apparently now in Birmingham Mus) and a recent Nottinghamshire find reported in the Trans Thoroton Soc of Nottm vol 97-8 (1993), 138 [CRAS DABOR NON HODIE]. The others are on one of the engraved bindings of an abbot's staff in Salzburg of 12/13C date; a vase dated 1253 made for Thiebaut de Bethune (d.1289 at the siege of Tripoli); a commander's ivory baton of early 15C date (now in Pesaro) belonging to Niccolo Trinci; and a 15C drinking-horn in the Royal Danish Kunstkammer. But there is also a fascinating anecdote involving the four words CRAS DABOR NON HODIE being inscribed on knives in the (English) 14C Fasciculus Morum. The phrase was proverbially used -- of bad payers, for example -- and in one gloss on corvus in the Physiologus, is given to the crow as an elaborated version of his usual cras cras. In the DABO version as here, it 'ought' to mean Tomorrow I will give [?it ?this] not today -- but quite what is to be given -- I'm assuming we are in an amatory context -- is open to debate!'. [No Reserve]
Lot 2467
18th-19th century AD.A restrung necklace of oblate mammoth bone beads. 121 grams, 65cm (25 1/2"). Fine condition.Acquired on the London art market prior to 1980. The mammoth is an extinct species of elephant that lived across much of the Northern hemisphere from five million years ago until four thousand five hundred years ago. The discovery of their remains proved popular curios in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and jewellery was made from their bones and ivory. [No Reserve]
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