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Click here to subscribeDated 1887 A.D.. Obv: profile bust with GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: cruciform arms and crowns with M B F ET H REX F D B ET L D S R I A T ET E legend and date. S. 3743. 6.00 grams, 25 mm. . Acquired since the 1970s.From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. [No Reserve]
Dated 1887 A.D.. Obv: profile bust with GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: cruciform arms and crowns with M B F ET H REX F D B ET L D S R I A T ET E legend and date. S. 3749. 3.00 grams, 21 mm. . Acquired since the 1970s.From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. [No Reserve]
Dated 1887 A.D.. Obv: profile bust with GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: cruciform arms and crowns with M B F ET H REX F D B ET L D S R I A T ET E legend and date. S. 3748. 2.99 grams, 21 mm. . Acquired since the 1970s.From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. [No Reserve]
41-54 A.D.. A silver plated contemporary forgery of Lugdunum. Obv: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VII IMP X legend with laureate bust right. Rev: SPQR PP OBCS legend in three lines within wreath. See CNG EA 232, no.189, for a similar example (sold US$ 850 in 2010). 2.73 grams, 18 mm. . Found Hertfordshire, UK. [No Reserve]
217 A.D.. Rome mint. Obv: IMP C M OPLEL SEV MACRINVS AVG legend with laureate, short-bearded and cuirassed bust right. Rev: FIDES MILITVM legend with Fides Militum standing left, holding the innermost of two standards on each side. RIC 68; RSC 26; Sear 7334. 2.59 grams, 19 mm. . Acquired since the 1970s.From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. [No Reserve]
238-244 A.D.. Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, bust right. Rev: IOVI CONSERVATORI S-C, Jupiter standing left, holding spear and thunderbolt, small Gordian III to left. RIC 255a; Sear 8709; Cohen 106. 17.01 grams, 29 mm. . Acquired on the UK market.Ian Roper collection.With coin ticket [No Reserve]
20th century A.D.. Obv: IMP C M AN FLORIANVS P F AVG, bearded, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: MONETA AVG, the three Monetae standing left, each holding scales and cornucopiae; a pile of coins at the feet of each; a modern copy of the medallion struck in 251 A.D. Modern fake of Cohen 43; Gnecchi 2-3; RIC pl. 12, 178. 17.81 grams, 32 mm. . Acquired on the UK market.Ian Roper collection. [No Reserve]
3rd millennium B.C. With D-section wall and shallow discoid foot, ornamented with a procession of three lions seated right in relief around the shoulder; remains of lug handle. Cf. Müller-Karpe, M., Metallgefässe im Iraq I (Von den Anfängen bis zur Akkad-Zeit), Stuttgart, 1993, p.86 ss. (forme 11, I), pp.235-237, no.1588, pl.142.; cf. Van Ess, M. and Pedde, F., Uruk, Kleinfunde II, Mainz on Rhine, 1992, p.18, no.109, pl.19. 317 grams, 10.2 cm wide (4 in.). Acquired before 1983.Ex London gallery, 1990s.
238-239 A.D.. Singara mint. Obv: AVTO K M ANT GORDIANOC CAB TRANKVLLINA CEB legend with laureate, draped bust of Gordian III right, facing draped bust of Tranquillina left. Rev: AVR CEP KOL CINGARA legend with Tyche, turreted, sitting left on rocks, holding corn-ears; the centaur Sagittarius leaping left shooting bow above, river-god Singara swimming left at lower left. BMC 11; Sear 3804. 18.19 grams, 30 mm. . Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
238-244 A.D.. Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior. Obv: AVT K M ANT ?O??IANOC AV? beneath and around laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, facing draped bust of Serapis left. Rev: ?IONYCO?O?EIT?N and value mark E, legend in 4 lines within laurel wreath. Dionysopolis Moushmov 126; Varbanov 566. 12.80 grams, 28 mm. . Acquired on the UK market.Ian Roper collection. [No Reserve]
14th century A.D. and earlier. With a keeled hoop and openwork shield-shaped shoulder with scroll ornament, a diamond-shaped shield with a cross to the base of the hoop; large bezel with an applied stylised bird underneath, the sides with pellet ornament in three rows, four claws holding the 4th-5th century Sassanian intaglio depicting a boar devouring the leg of its prey. Cf. Wenzel, M., Ornament & Amulet. Rings of the Islamic Lands (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art), London, 1993, no.292, for a silver ring of similar design. 8.63 grams, 25.72 mm overall, 18.95 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16) (1 in.). Private collection, USA, acquired in the 1990s.Accompanied by a copy of a previous cataloguing information page.It was a fairly common practice to re-use Sassanian intaglios in Islamic rings from Iran. In Eastern cultures the boar was a sacred animal with magical powers. [No Reserve] [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]
1398-1432 A.D.. Sigouri mint(?), 1398-1432. Obv: + IANVS [...], cross pattée; S in second quarter. Rev: lion rampant to left. M&P pl. 33, 5, cf. p. 138-147 for possible mint attribution; Metcalf, Crusades -; CCS 121; ROMA sale 2, no.171 (extremely rare). 0.64 grams, 13 mm. . Ex London, UK, private collection.Ex London gallery, 2003.Property of a North London collector. [No Reserve]
1460-1473 A.D.. Uncertain (Famagusta[?]) mint. Obv: + IACOBUS D?I GRAIA, lion rampant left. Rev: + I?RUSAL?M•CIPI (sic), Jerusalem cross, small cross in each quarter. Cf. Tziambazis 74; cf. ROMA sale 55, no.1346. 1.69 grams, 16 mm. . Ex London, UK, private collection.Ex London gallery, 2003.Property of a North London collector. [No Reserve]
1460-1473 A.D.. Uncertain (Famagusta[?]) mint. Obv: + IACOBUS D?I GRAIA, lion rampant left. Rev: + I?RUSAL?M•CIPI (sic), Jerusalem cross, small cross in each quarter. Cf. Tziambazis 74; cf. ROMA sale 55, no.1346. 1.73 grams, 19 mm. . Ex London, UK, private collection.Ex London gallery, 2003.Property of a North London collector. [No Reserve]
12th-13th century A.D.. With ornamented D-section hoop expanding towards the shoulders, domed plaque below and shield-like waisted shoulders with scrollwork and plinth-shaped support with S-scrolls framing the central plaque with Arabic inscription 'Hassan/ Aundt'. Cf. Wenzel, M., Ornament and Amulet: Rings of the Islamic Lands (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art), London, 1993, nos. 211 and 279, for similar design; see also Content, D. (ed.), Islamic Rings & Gems. The Zucker Collection, London, 1987, no.28. 13.16 grams, 21.68 mm overall, 17.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12) (7/8 in.). From a French private collection, circa 1960s.Acquired from a private collection in the early 1990s.Property of a North American gallery.Accompanied by a copy of a previous cataloguing information page.This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12103-214334. [No Reserve] [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]
1692 A.D.. M. Le Blanc - Traité Historique des Monnoies de France with bound-in Dissertation Historique sur Quelques Monnaies de Charlemagne, etc.- Amsterdam, 1692 - hardback rebound with full leather binding with gold titling to spine, gold figure to front 'Society of Writers to the Signet' - 536 pp, text figures and plates; 'Avertissement' bound in before title page of Dissertation. 1.44 kg, 25 x 21 cm (9 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.). Property of a Kent, UK, collector. [No Reserve]
1764 A.D.. M. Abot de Bazinghen - Traité des Monnoies, et de la Jurisdiction de la Cour des Monnoies en Forme de Dictionnaire - Guillyn, Paris, 1764 - full leather binding, marbled endpapers; complete text incl.fold-out tables, tabulated at end of vol. 2; with purchase invoice from Spink dated 20.10.1983. 3.18 kg total, 25.7 x 20.5 cm each (1 1/8 x 8 in.). Property of a Kent, UK, collector. [2, No Reserve]
2008 A.D.. Dimnik, M. & Dobrinic, J. - Medieval Slavic Coinages in the Balkans: Numismatic History and Catalogue - London, 2008, 256pp, illustrated throughout with photographs and line-drawings. 1.18 kg, 29 x 22 cm (11 3/8 x 8 3/4 in.). Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. [No Reserve]
9th century A.D.. A single-edged hand-forged sabre with a gently curving blade, an iron band welded beneath the cross guard, together with a tongue along the side of the blade; the separate gilt cross guard with spherical ornamented finials to the quillons, the central panel with a stylised face flanked by a pair of leaping lions biting the top of the head, the other side with a lozenge within a ropework frame. Cf. similar specimens in Zakharow, A., Arendt, W., Studia Levedica, Archaeologischer Beitrag zur Geschichte der Altungarn im IX JH., Budapest, 1935, fig.21, p.54, fig.22, p.56 (guards), pls. III,VI nos. 3,5; Lebedinsky, I., De l’epée scythe au sabre mongol, Paris, 2008, pp.172ff.; Gorelik, M., ‘The image of the men-warrior in Kabaria-Ugria-Russia (in Russian)’ in Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes, no.5, Kazan, 2017, pp.257-267, fig.1, nos.1,5; Fodor, I., Revesz, L., Wolf, M., Nepper, I.M., Morigi Govi, C., Gli Antichi Ungari, nascita di una nazione, Bologna, 1998, p.132, no.117 (cat.515); Bashir, M., The Arts of the Muslim Knight, The Furusiyya Art Foundation Collection, Milano, 2008, p.34. 610 grams, 80.5 cm (31 5/8 in.). Acquired 1971-1972.From the collection of the vendor's father.Property of a London, UK, collector.Accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato.This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.114437-196034.This exceptional sabre shows similarity with examples from the Caucasus and Kuban regions. The blade could be Khazar-Magyar, and certainly its best parallels are the specimens from Verchne-Szaltovo area. According to M. Gorelik, some of these sabres were produced by the Kabarians, a breakaway tribe from the Khazar State, who formed an alliance with the Magyars. The extra band welded beneath the quillons, together with the side tongue, not only protected the scabbard from being cut by the blade but, more importantly, defended the warrior’s fingers which were wrapped around the quillons when fighting. [No Reserve]
Circa 10th-8th century B.C. Broad hexagonal socket with thick rim to the mouth, basal loop, curved edge with lateral spurs. Cf. Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, item 116; Moore, C.N. & Rowlands, M., Bronze Age Metalwork in Salisbury Museum, Salisbury, 1972, item 44; Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B., The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab.IX, vol.7, Munich, 1981, 1267-94. 308 grams, 94 mm (3 3/4 in.). Found near Alton, Farnham, Surrey, UK.Acquired since the 1970s.From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. [No Reserve]
Middle Period, circa 1700-1450 B.C. With a small, stylised face with detailed eyes, nose and mouth; right hand raised to hold a child; wearing a flounced skirt with double belt; mounted on a custom-made display stand. See Comstock, M., Vermeule C., Greek, Etruscan & Roman Bronzes in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, New York, 1971, p.4, no.1, for similar. 499 grams total, 16.5 cm high including stand (6 1/2 in.). British private collection, acquired by 2000.From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.In the Dictean Cave in Greece, many votive statuettes of this type were found. The flounced skirt is characteristic of Minoan women's dress, and it was lavishly decorated in folds of different colours. It could be worn with or without a narrow corselet, but in both cases exposing the breast. The exposed breast was connected to the cult of the mother goddess, and fertility, an element here reinforced by the presence of the suckling child. [No Reserve]
2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.. Carved in the round as a male head with triangular chin and jaw, broad square brow, lentoid eyes, reserved scrolled ears; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Petch, M., Celtic Stone Sculptures, London, 1989, fig.1, for type. 5 kg total, 22 cm high including stand (8 5/8 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.The cult of the human head was prevalent in the Celtic world, being associated with warding-off evil spirits and bearing of good luck. [No Reserve]
Late 5th-6th century A.D.. Fragmentary vessel, cylindrical in form with lateral D-shaped lugs at the rim, each pierced to accept a bronze drop-handle with returned ends; the outer face with decorative frieze executed in pointillé technique consisting of a hunting scene: (1) a nude male with right arm raised to wield a spear overarm, left arm hidden behind a lenticular shield with pointed boss, with a cloak billowing from the left shoulder and wearing calf-length boots, advancing towards (2) a panther with densely spotted pointillé body, in rampant pose with s-curved tail, raised forepaws and with a curled tree behind the body, attacking (3) a nude male similarly equipped to (1), with head turned to the rear, wielding a sword or large knife in his right hand, following (4) another nude male with a cloak, shield and knife which he plunges into the throat of (5) a bear attacking to the left with forelegs raised, its rounded head with small lobed ears while to its rear stands (6) a male with shield raised and cloak billowing, right hand raised holding a rounded trefoil item (perhaps a net), and to his rear stands (7) a nude male with cloak, shield and spear which he thrusts towards (8) the neck of an attacking gryphon, winged, with an erect mane and beaked head in leaping pose behind (1); the figures all executed in pointillé style with pellets for the eyes, navel and nipples; detached base plate, undecorated but showing signs of tinning. See Mango, Mango, Evans & Hughes, A 6th century Mediterranean bucket from Bromeswell Parish, Suffolk, in Antiquity 63, 1989, pp.295-311; Carver, M., Sutton Hoo. A Seventh Century Princely Burial Ground and its Context, London, 2005, p.485-7; Drandaki, A., ??????? ??? KYPI(E) A Late Roman brass bucket with a hunting scene published on Academia.edu. 523 grams, 22 cm wide (8 5/8 in.). Found East Anglia, believed Cambridgeshire, UK.From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.Accompanied by a copy of Drandaki, A., ??????? ??? KYPI(E) A Late Roman brass bucket with a hunting scene.The vessel is of an unusual type: three have been found in Turkey, Italy and Spain, three in England (excluding the present examples) and three others have unknown findspots; this find brings the total of known examples to ten. The rarity of these vessels indicates the high status of their owners. Each of these buckets is decorated with a hunting frieze and most have an inscription in early medieval Greek. Their manufacture is so similar that it is thought that they were produced at a single workshop in the Eastern Empire, possibly at Antioch, in the 6th century AD (Drandaki, n.d.). Their exact use is not certain, but since several of the inscriptions refer to 'good health' this suggests a domestic setting related to bathing. The rounded object held by figure (6) is clearly based on a similar rounded clump which appears on the vessel in Benaki Museum (beneath the word ' KA?OI') where it is more convincingly executed with a hatched fill (Drandaki, p.39). Only three examples of this type of vessel are previously known from England: one from Bromeswell, Suffolk, within 1 km of the Sutton Hoo cemetery, found in preparatory work for the Sutton Hoo Visitor Centre; one from Chessell Down, Isle of Wight, where the bucket was part of a rich female grave excavated in the 19th century; one from Breamore, Hampshire, found by metal-detectorist, and excavated by Hampshire County Council's archaeology team who discovered that the grave in which it was found formed part of an important early Anglo-Saxon cemetery. The excavation was filmed by Channel 4's Time Team in August 2001; the cemetery held six more burials with bronze containers, though none as grand as this Byzantine example. [No Reserve]
Late 5th-6th century A.D.. Squat vessel, cylindrical in form with lateral D-shaped lugs at the rim, each pierced to accept a bronze drop-handle with returned ends; the outer face with decorative frieze executed in pointillé technique with pellets between the bands consisting of (1) an upper band of running zigzags with fill; (2) clusters of three pellets; (3) sinuous curved line with fronds in the voids; (4) repeat of (2); (5) repeat of (1); underside with three soldered silver panels, possibly ancient repairs. See Mango, Mango, Evans & Hughes, A 6th century Mediterranean bucket from Bromeswell Parish, Suffolk, in Antiquity 63, 1989, pp.295-311; Carver, M., Sutton Hoo. A Seventh Century Princely Burial Ground and its Context, London, 2005, pp.485-7; Drandaki, A., ??????? ??? KYPI(E) A Late Roman brass bucket with a hunting scene published on Academia.edu. 527 grams, 18.5 cm wide (7 1/4 in.). Found East Anglia, believed Cambridgeshire, UK.From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.The vessel is formally similar to the group of bronze vessels believed to have been made in Antioch in the 6th century, which have been recovered from 6th-7th century grave fields in England (Carver, 2005; Mango et al, 1989) and from sites in the Mediterranean area (see Drandaki, n.d.). While it lacks the elaborate hunting scenes and Greek inscriptions of the more complex examples, it shows most of the same decorative and constructional features. [No Reserve]
Circa 9th-10th century A.D.. With integral loop, border enclosing a low-relief image of a male facing mask between two birds embraced at the necks. Cf. Hammond, B. M., British Artefacts Volume 2 - Middle Saxon and Viking, p.57, item 1.5.3-f; and Korshyn, V.E., Yazcheskye Priveski Drevnei Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, item M.2.02. 1.96 grams, 20 mm (3/4 in.). Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.Westminster collection, central London, UK. [No Reserve]
Circa 6th-7th century A.D.. Flat-section with stamped triangular decorated border enclosing inscription: 'CX REX VICTVRIA'; attributed to King Agilulf. Cf. Sannazzaro, M., Giostra, C., Petala Aurea, Gold-Sheet-work of Byzantine and Lombard Origin from the Rovati Collection, Truccazzano, 2014, nos.1, 18-20, 23, 24, 25, 27-32, for crosses and other gold sheets with similar decorations and inscriptions. Hammond, Aaron, Discovering Jewellery, A Collector's and Investor's Guide, Ipswich, p.262. 25.73 grams, 53.47 mm (2 in.). Acquired on the London art market before 2000.Acquired from a major Mayfair, London, UK, gallery.Ex property of a London gentleman.The inscription 'VICTURIA' and 'REX' appears on several items that belonged to Agilulf (ca. 515-616 AD), the king of the Lombards who accepted Christianity to appease his wife, Theodelinda, the widow of his predecessor King Authari. Under Agilulf, the Lombards accepted Arian Christianity; in 603, the king adopted the Roman Catholic faith and baptised his son, Adaloald. A representation of the king appears on a helmet panel from Valdinievole, now in the Bargello, Florence. Stamped decoration in the form of a triangle with three dots inside was popular among Germanic tribes, used during the early and high Middle Ages.
Northern Germany, Saxony, early 13th century A.D.. Hollow-formed vessel formed as a male bust; discoid body with chamfered shoulder bearing bands of running zigzag detailing and three splayed feet; the head with low-relief hair and rim of bosses with linear spirals, gracile facial features with lentoid eyes and slender nose, small pouting mouth; short spout to the forehead, filler-hole to top of the head with hinged cover; handle to the rear formed as a reptile with head and forepaws placed on the hair below the hinge and joining the base above one of the feet. Cf. Falke, O. and Meyer, E., Romanische Leuchter und Gefässe, Giessgefässe der Gotik, Berlin, 1935, reprint, 1983, figs.313 and 314; Barnet, P. and Dandridge, P., Lions, Dragons and other Beasts, Aquamanilia of the Middle Ages, Vessels for Church and Table, New York, 2006, no.7; Brandt, M. ed., Bild & Bestie, Regensburg, 2008, nos.4, 27 and 29. 1.27 kg, 18 cm (7 1/8 in.). Acquired on the UK art market in 2001.with Christie's, London, 6 December 2017.Private collection, Suffolk.Accompanied by copies of a previous illustrated cataloguing document with references.This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12038-212152.Aquamaniles in the form of a bust are a rarity compared to the quantity of zoomorphic forms known from the Middle Ages. The present piece was formed by lost-wax casting method, and is a very early example of such process for a vessel. Metallurgical analysis has shown that the piece is consistent with the suggested date. [No Reserve] [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]
France, Limoges, circa 1230-1240 A.D.. Gilt-bronze crozier head fragment comprising: lower arc of the bow with lattice and enamel fill; horizontal base with standing figure of Mary wearing a floor-length gown, holding to her chest an open book; to her rear, a portion of a house with latticed window and tiled roof with lobed finial; before her, the two feet of the archangel Gabriel; supplied with a custom-made display stand. Sammlung E. & M. Kofler Truniger, Luzern Exhibition catalogue, Kunsthaus Zurich, June-August, 1964, p.95, no.862; Schnizler, H., Bloch P. & Ratton C., Goldschmiede und Metallarbeiten Europäisches Mittelalter: Sammlung E. & M. Kogler Truniger, Luzern Band II Lucerne 1965, no.E58, p.27 and pl.40; Stokstad, M., Medieval Enamels and Sculptures from the Keir Collection, Exhibition catalogue, Kansa City, Nelson Atkins Museum, 1983, no.64, p.56. 69 grams, 97 mm (113 grams total, 15.5 cm high including stand) (3 7/8 in. (6 1/8 in.)). Ex Ernst and Martha Kofler-Truniger collection, Lucerne (inv.E58).Private collection, Suffolk, UK.Accompanied by a copy of a previous three page illustrated cataloguing document with references.This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12041-212157. [No Reserve] [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]
30th Dynasty, 380-343 B.C. Composed as a mummiform figure with tripartite wig and hands crossed at the chest, holding a pick, hoe, and seed bag; a T-shaped panel of hieroglyphic text reading: s?? ws?r t?.... ms.n t? ?b m?? ?rw, ‘The illuminated, the Osiris, Ta…. born to Ta-heb true of voice’. Cf. Janes, G., The Shabti Collections 6: A Selection from the World Museum, Liverpool, Lymm, 2016, p.442, no.230, for a shabti of similar style. 36 grams, 10.7 cm (4 1/8 in.). Acquired in Egypt in 1933.Ex Alexander Cameron (1897-1994) collection. [No Reserve]
Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Olive-green faience with false beard, tripartite wig, holding a pick, hoe and seed bag; plain dorsal pillar; hieroglyphic inscription down the lower front of the body: (?)m?? n ws?r ?tm-n?r ?d-??? ms (n) hr-?b for 'Honoured of Osiris, the God's Sealer Djed-khy(?) born (to) Her-ib'; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Schlögl, H., and Brodbeck, A., Ägyptische Totenfiguren aus öffentlichen und privaten sammlungen der Schweiz, Göttingen, 1990, p.308 no.219, for a similar shabti for Djed-khy(?)'s mother Her-ib. 120 grams total, 12.5 cm including stand (5 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. [No Reserve]
1st-2nd century A.D.. Comprising a shallow discus framed by concentric lines, low-relief image of a standing male reaching for a bowl with his right hand whilst supporting himself by grasping a low pillar with his left hand, filling hole flanking the pillar; volute to each side of the nozzle; maker's mark 'SVRIEPII'. See The Getty Museum, inv.no.83.AQ.377.113, for the type in Bussière, J., Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, nos.236,238, pp.159-160, type Loeschcke IV; Bailey B group IV. 80 grams, 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.). Acquired on the European art market, 1980s.English private collection.The period of activity of several well-known workshops—L M A D I E C , L M V N S V C , E R O T I S , G A B M E R C , and L M S V —is late Flavian to Trajanic, possibly Hadrianic.Based on this, we will not refer to the broader and too approximate dating given by Bailey to his group IV: Claudian to Trajanic.
1st century B.C. Second style painted in cream and red, some with decoration. Cf. Hakanen, V., 'VI Wall Plaster Fragments' in Berg, R., Kuivalainen, I., Domus Pompeiana M. Lucretii, IX,3, 5.24, The inscriptions, Works of Art and Finds from the Old and New Excavations, Vantaa, 2019, pp.196-224, figs.3-4. 527 grams total, 6.7-11.8 cm (2 5/8 - 4 5/8 in.). Acquired in the 19th century.Ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.These small fragments, for analogies with the fragments of Pompeii, seems to belong to the second style of Roman painting, red panels representing highlight and shadow, decorated with vegetal interlaces. Some panels were probably framed by a red grenade fillet. A fragment shows alternate blue and red colour over a cream background, maybe pertinent to a socle. [5, No Reserve]
1st century B.C. Second style, painted in red, blue and cream and decorated in contrasting colours. Cf. Hakanen, V., 'VI Wall Plaster Fragments' in Berg, R., Kuivalainen, I., Domus Pompeiana M. Lucretii, IX,3, 5.24, The inscriptions, Works of Art and Finds from the Old and New Excavations, Vantaa, 2019, pp.196-224, figs.3-4. 631 grams total, 6.3-10.5 cm (2 1/2 - 4 1/8 in.). Acquired in the 19th century.Ex Jeger collection, Switzerland.These small fragments, with analogies with the fragments from Pompeii, seem to belong to the second style of Roman painting, where several simpler walls had an entirely yellow socle or a yellow socle with a darker main zone (more common in the middle phase of the style). [5, No Reserve]
1st century A.D. and later. Assorted old blue glass beads restrung to a Y-shape with a crescentic-shaped pendant. Cf. Boschetti, C., Gratuze, B., Cavalieri, M., Schibile, N., ‘Production or Consumption? Glass Beads from the Roman Villa of Aiano, Tuscany,’ in European Journal of Archaeology, 25 (2)fig.4, nos.6,7,13,10,17,11-12 for similar beads. 16.1 grams, 50 cm long (19 3/ in.). UK gallery, early 2000s.The mass production of glass in Ancient Rome prompted the development of glass jewellery of unique qualities. The ancient Romans considered jewellery to be an essential accessory, being a public display of the wealth of high social classes. Roman jewellery at first followed trends set by the Etruscans, using gold and glass beads, but as the power and spread of the Roman Empire increased, jewellery designs became increasingly elaborate, incorporating elements from different cultural styles. [No Reserve]
2nd century A.D.. With brown slip, loop handle to the rear, the discus with a facing bust of a young woman within a concentric circle border; maker's mark 'LC?P?' within tabula ansata-shaped stamp. See The Getty Museum, inv.no.83.AQ.377.205, for similar discus motif by a different maker in Bussière, J., Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, no.292, p.204, type Loeschcke VIII; Bussière form D II 1. 63 grams, 10.2 cm (4 in.). Acquired on the European art market, 1980s.English private collection.The discus decorations of these lamps are various: Diana, Dioscuri, Sol and Luna, Africa, Lares, and griffin; portraits of Domitian, Hadrian, male head, bust of a young man, bust of a young woman (our specimen), bust of a bearded old man, fisherman, and an aulete; scorpion, boar, and lion with crocodile; etc. They were an African production and not less than seven worskshops have been individuated: M N O V I V, M N O V I V S T (our case) , M N O V I V S T I , I V N I A L E X I, C C O R V R S , E X F N A / LV C C E I O R V M . Here we can add LCAPIT (Lucius Capito).
1st-3rd century A.D.. With one flat surface, reverse with thick flared rim, incised concentric rings, carinated profile. Cf. Leahy, K. & Lewis, M., British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme: Finds Identified, Witham, 2018, p.111. 514 grams, 18.5 cm (7 3/8 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. [No Reserve]
Circa 1st century B.C. A Henig Type I ring circular in shape set with a chalcedony intaglio decorated with Victory standing in front of a column. Cf. Vollenweider, M-L., Musee d'Art et d'histoire de Geneve, Catalogue raisonne des sceaux, cylindres, intailles et camees. II. Les Portraits, les masques de theatre, les symboles politiques, 1979, 442-3, pl.127, no.498. 1.01 grams, 16.06 mm overall, 13.31 mm internal diameter (approximate size British D 1/2, USA 2, Europe 1.78, Japan 1) (5/8 in.). Found near Welshpool, Wales, UK, on 23 October 2019.Accompanied by a copy of a Welshpool Portable Antiquities data sheet with PAS reference no.WREX-2A4F27. [No Reserve]
Circa 2nd-3rd century A.D. or later. Standing on a rectangular plinth with folded wings, gripping claws and feather detail to the chest and wings; on the front face of the plinth carved inscription in seriffed capitals 'M TITIO / MAXIM[.] / [.]TER[..]'. 2.75 kg total, 17 cm (24 cm high including stand) (6 5/8 in. (9 3/8 in.)). Acquired in the 1990s.Private collection, Suffolk, UK.Property of a European gentleman.Accompanied by a copy of a French cultural passport no.140839.
120-200 A.D.. Ribbed loop handle to the rear, discus with a nude bust of a young woman, a garment folded over her left shoulder; the base with maker's mark 'MNOVIVSI', for M. Novius Iustus. See The Getty Museum, inv.no.83.AQ.377.205, for similar discus motif by a different maker in Bussière, J., Lindros Wohl, B., Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 2017, no.292, p.204, type Loeschcke VIII; Bussière form D II 1. 67 grams, 10.7 cm (4 1/4 in.). Acquired on the European art market, 1980s.English private collection.The discus decors of these lamps are various: Diana, Dioscuri, Sol and Luna, Africa, Lares, and griffin; portraits of Domitian, Hadrian, male head, bust of a young man, bust of a young woman (our specimen), bust of a bearded old man, fisherman, and an aulete; scorpion, boar, and lion with crocodile; etc. They were an African production and not less than seven workshops have been individuated: M N O V I V, M N O V I V S T (our example), M N O V I V S T I, I V N I A L E X I, C C O R V R S, E X F N A / LV C C E I O R V M.
Circa 4th-5th century A.D.. Comprising a large edge section with impressed olive tree, with details of branches, fruit and foliage. For similar foliage and vegetal applique on terra sigillata see Mackensen, M., 'The study of 3rd century African red slip ware based on the eividence from Tunisia' in Malfitana, D., Poblome, J. and Lund, J., Innovating Perspectives on Roman Pottery Studies, Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi Catania, 22-24 Aprile 2004, Catania, 2006, pp.105-124, fig.13. 87 grams, 17 cm (6 3/4 in.). Acquired 1960s-1990s.From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.The representation of an olive tree on this sigillata is not casual. In the early Imperial period the export of the Adriatic olive oil, following the amber road, moved from Aquileia to the provinces of Roman Pannonia. During the 3rd century, the production of the Spanish olive oil reached the Northern Roman provinces. Olives were transported in particular amphorae and served with specific vessels, distinguishing the black olives (olivae nerae) from the white olives (olivae albae). [No Reserve]
Circa 8th-10th century A.D.. Formed with a hollow bow open to the sides and with lateral struts, each plate pierced with seven equal-arm crosses; pierced lug above for suspension; barrel-type shank with rectangular bit pierced with two similar crosses. Cf. Pall, M., Schlüssel und Schlösser, Graz, 2012, items 4267, 7399, for type. 59 grams, 87 mm (3 3/8 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.The repeated use of the cross symbol may indicate an ecclesiastical use. [No Reserve]
Horace Petherick - Joseph Guarnerius, his work and his Master, pub The Strad, Vol XVI Strad Library, 1906. Henry Saint George - Fiddles: Their Selection Preservation and Betterment, pub The Strad, Vol XVIII Strad Library 1910, with other Strad Library volumes. J M Fleming - The Fiddle Fancier’s Guide, pub Haynes Foucher 1892. Together with a selection of further books relating to VIOLINS & FIDDLES. Contents of a small box
J M RICHARDS & ERIC RAVILIOUS - High Street, pub London: Country Life Ltd, 1939 1ST Edition, printed by THE CURWEN PRESS. Retaining the original paper covered boards, lacking spine strip with additional, plain black spine strip, with some associated repairs notices to the gutters front and back, some loosening to the text block, minor splitting in places, generally clean and bright pages. A notoriously fragile book and a scarce survivor, subsequent reprints weren’t forthcoming (until the recent V&A facsimile) as the printing plates were destroyed during a bombing raid in 1942
A PAIR OF NEO-GOTHIC GILT METAL TABLE LAMPS BY DAYS OF BIRMINGHAM, 1830-1840 AND LATER Remnants of maker's paper label to the underside of the bases "B Day, Snow Hill, Birmingham", later fitted as lamps, rewired and PAT tested, with red chequer shades 65cm high, bases 16cm wide A pair of chimney ornaments by the same maker are held in the V&A Museum collection (M.64A-1967).
A TINY CARVED BONE MODEL OF A SKULL PROBABLY JAPANESE OR ITALIAN Created as a Momento Mori 2cm high, 1.8cm wide, 2cm deep In Europe the fashion for decorative items in the form of skulls - a reminder of the shortness of life - dates back to to the early 16th century. The V&A museum holds in its collection a rosary bead carved in the round with a young youth in high fashion titled "AMOR M(un)DI', the same figure dying, and with final figure of a death with the words "Ego Sum"- a reminder to its bearer that the life's journey starting young and loving the world always ends in Death. Whilst slightly macabre to modern eyes - the sensibility and impact these small objects carry still holds true. (V&A accession number 2149-1855)
OF AMERICAS CUP AND AVIATION HISTORY INTEREST: A SILVER CIGARETTE CASE, GIFTED TO M. SOPWITH AND PHYLLIS SOPWITH PADGETT & BRAHAM LTD., LONDON 1934 Inscribed to the interior WITH GRATEFUL THANKS FOR A GALLANT ENDEAVOR AMERICAS CUP 1934 and as a facsimile of handwriting To M. Sopwith, Phyllis Sopwith, also bearing retailer's title 'COLIN RATSEY COWES' and incorporating gilded detail 13cm x 8.5cm 191.5g (6.16 oz) Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith CBE Hon FRAeS (1888 - 1989) was a British aviation pioneer, businessman and yachtsman. He was married to Phyllis Brodie in 1932. Sopwith challenged the America's Cup with his J-class yachts, Endeavour, in 1934, and with Endeavour II in 1937. His 1934 attempt was closely contested and hard fought and despite not winning the competition, he was regarded as a Cup legend. He was inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 1995.
Chris Orr MBE RA, British b.1943- Pets in Control, 1993; Sixty-Six (66) Lost Pets & Their Problems, 1980; The M. of the Glen, 1991; I don't remember giving you permission to use my little wheelbarrow, 1992;each etching with aquatint on wove, (i) signed, dated, titled and numbered 1/75, image: 36 x 60 cm, (ii) signed, dated and inscribed 'trial proof' in pencil, image: 42.3 x 27.2 cm, (iii) signed, dated, titled and numbered 35/50 in pencil, image: 21.2 x 25.8 cm, (iv) signed, dated, titled and numbered 7/30 in pencil, image: 35.3 x 24.6 cm, (framed)(ARR)(4)
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