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Lot 33A
18ct Gold & Platinum Set Nice Quality & Attractive Three Stone Sapphire & Diamond Ring. Circa 1980s, marked 18ct Platinum. The round brilliant cut diamonds of excellent colour and clarity. Est. colour H - I. Est. Clarity VS2 - S11. Diamond weight each stone 0.40pts. Total weight 0.80 pts. The oval shaped natural sapphire est. 1.00ct. Ring size O - P. All aspects of condition excellent. Please confirm with photographs.
Lot 47
Ladies - Top Quality 18ct Gold Attractive 3 Stone Diamond Ring, Marked 18ct to Interior of Shank. The Three Round Brilliant Cut Well Matched Diamonds of Excellent Sparkle. Est Colour F - G, Est Clarity - VSI, Est DIamond Weight 0.75 pts. Ring Size - O. Very Low Estimate For This Quality, And In Excellent Condition. Please Confirm with Photo.
Lot 643
A Collection of Lilliput Lane Cottages. Some with original boxes. Moot Hall- Keswick, Counting House Corner, Hampton Manor, Applejack Cottage, Gold Top, The Chocolate Box, Say it With Flowers, Little Scrumpy, Thanks a Bunch, The Gingerbread Shop, The Vicarage, Fairy Cake Tearoom, Ring 'o' Bells, Devon Leigh, Old curiosity Shop, Forget Me Not, Tintagle Post Office, Honey Suckle, Helmera Cottage, Runswick House, Brecon Batch, Cobblers Cottage, Tillers Green, Holly Tree House, Buttercup Cottage, Holme Dyke, Burnside, The Briary, Mair Hajen, Watermill, Preston Mill, Victoria Cottage, Claire Cottage and Ostlers Keep.
Lot 91
18ct Gold Attractive & Top Quality Baguette & Brilliant Cut Diamond Set Ladies Dress Ring. Full hallmark to interior of shank. The diamonds of top colour and clarity. Est. colour G-H, est. clarity VVSI, est. diamond weight 2.00 cts. Ring size O. All aspects of condition as new, including shank, settings and claws. Please confirm with photographs.
Lot 45
Lieutenant Francis Henry Boyer (British, 1854-1926)HMS Victory; P&O Steamer Lambesi 1876; P&O Steamer Lambesi 1877 all bear title (on mount)three, all watercolour heightened with gouache, unframedlargest 16.5 x 22.8cm (6 1/2 x 9in).(2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 711
Vinyl Records - 7" singles and Promotional copies including Elton John - Empty Garden - XPRES DJ 77 - Promotional Copy; Wham - Wham Rap - IVL A2442 - Promotional Copy; Michael Jackson - Rock with You - S EPC 8206 - Promotional Copy; The Mamas & The Papas - Monday Monday - ABC 4134 - Promotional Copy; Lena Martell - One Day At A Time - 7N 46021 - Promotional Copy; Don Williams - Cup O' Tea - ABC 4162 - Promotional Copy; Conway Twitty - One In A Million - MCA 389 - Promotional Copy; Heart - Crazy On You - ARISTA 86 - Promotional Copy (8)
Lot 2
An incredible very impressive and extensive collection of Department 56 Snow Village Halloween Collection Series automaton diorama figures, currently displayed in four contemporary cabinets on multiple levels. Most large pieces within the displays produce different sounds and movements. There are an enormous number of items in this lot, many of the items are retired and out of issue. The full inventory extends to more than: Creepy's Pet Shop Time to celebrate (rare limited ), Halloween Dance (animated with lights and sounds music dancing) Costumes for sale (illuminated), Treats for the kids (set of 3), Lighting the jack O lanterns Haunted tree house, Captain Black Barts ghost, Halloween Hayride, Forever on guard, Haunted Harvest, Pick your own pumpkins, A gravely haunting 2004 limited, Lighting up Halloween, Black kittens for sale, Caramel apple stand, Brew ha ha, Cant wait for Halloween, A gravely haunting 2005, Haunted Tower Tours (animated flying gargoyle), A vampires best friend, Little space explorers, A gravely haunting 2006, Bats in my belfry, Dr lunatic the mad scientist , Topping off the scarecrow, Haunted Taxi, Getting candy for Halloween, Dead Creek Mill Delivery, A Gravely Haunting 2007, Candy Kids, How about our Lay -Away plan?, Madame Zelda at Work , Time to feed the monsters, A Grimsly family, A Gravely Haunting 2008, Grimsly's Family Crypt, Made for each other, Midnights last ride, Don't forget to tip the server, Deranged chickens, An Ax to grind, Gathering Pumpkins, Campbells Trick or Treat, Halloween Kids, Trick or Treat Kids set, Sideshow super stars, Halloween Hot Rod, Strangers Beware, Bobbing for apples, Spinning Pumpkins, Department 56 Snow Village Space Oddity 2001 (set Issued 2000 /retired 2001 RARE), Department 56 Boo Mansion Time to celebrate( sounds light) Scaredy Cat Ferris Wheel Halloween Village ( animated with sounds and lights), Hauntsburg House Haunted front yard Graveyard (illuminated), Department 56 Snow Village Swinging Ghoulies (spins turns lights), Department 56 Halloween water tower , Department 56 Halloween Village Swinging Skeleton Animated x3, retired, Department 56 Skeleton Crew fishing boat, Department 56 Halloween Series Resting My Bones, Department 56 Animated Haunted Grave Yard Skeleton x2, retired, Department 56 Skeleton Crew boat, Department 56 lit spooky trees, Department 56 Haunted Outhouse (illuminated), Department 56 Creepy Creek Bridge, Department 56 Village express delivery truck witch passenger, Department 56 Snow Village Halloween clock tower RARE, D56 snow village The Grim Reaper, Department 56 Grimsly's tool shed Department 56 Bone to be Wild, Gothic street lamps various sets/designs, Corn stalks Lantern, Halloween street lamps , Orange twinkle bright trees , Purple twinkle bright trees, Spooky wrought iron fences, Grimsly's Garage , The original Snow Village Halloween A Grimsly Family Witch Crash (head spins), Escape from the Crypt (animated flying skeleton), Department 56 lit Spooky trees, Spooky village sign, Spooky totem, Spooky black glitter trees , Bone to be wild, Candy Kids, Taking bones for walk (animated), Spooky mail boxes, Bobbing for Apples, Phantom of the Organ (animated, sounds, lights), Department 56 A Gravely Haunting 2006, Preparing for Halloween, Halloween Parade (set of three), Department 56 Snow Village Made for each other, Department 56 Snow Village Git offa my train, Gothic Gate, Halloween Street lamps, Mummy Mischief (animated spinning), A Grave Undertaker, Times a wastin', Department 56 hearse sell your soul, Rock-A-bye Vampire (animated and lights), Haunted rails crossing signs (X2) lights, Animated Hocus Pocus Witch (animated and lights), Halloween Monsters Rock Band, The Zombies band figurine, Bone Appetite, Haunted coal car set (animated on track), Halloween Festival Billboard, Swamp Boat Ride (animated on lake), Twinkle bright hedges, Bats street lights, Practice makes perfect witch, Topping off the scarecrow, Little space explorers, Harvest Gourds, Pumpkin street lamps, Lighted spooky eyeball hedge, Skull lawn lights, Witch rides (animated turns & spins), Service with a smile, Chilled to the bone, Animated Haunted Wall (characters move ), Purple glitter sisal trees, Green glitter sisal trees, Cursed Fountain (blood lights up), Haunted rails sleeper car (illuminated), String of pumpkin lights (lots), Jack O lanterns (lots), Halloween fences, Halloween Pumpkin Stand, Spooky bare branch trees , Autumn Halloween landscape, Candy corn string lights, Gravely landscape set of 8 Lighted Halloween scarecrows, Spooky black glitter trees, Skull street lamps, Black cat string lights, Scary twisted trees, Lit graveyard trees, Dinner is served, Little ghouls field trip, Lazy bones, Haunted rails water tower, Halloween yard decorations lots, Halloween decorating set, Scary street lights, Spooky spider trees, Department 56 A Harvest Feast, Hold Still (set of 2).
Lot 620
90s - 2000s / PUNK / GARAGE / PSYCH / ALTERNATIVE - 7". Fantastic collection of about 95 x 7", including some duplicates/variants. Artists/titles include Crac (R-BEN 045), The Mummies, El Zombie, God Bless The 45, The Pastels, The Thanes, Wau y Los Arrrghs!!, Fogbound, The Shapes, The Kryng, Noise Pollution, Damian O 'Neill, The Hipshakes, The Black Hollies, Oh! Gun Quit, King Mojo, The Speedways, The Mads, Graham Day and The Forefathers, The Ar-Kaics, The Prisoners, Hipbone & The Skin Kneetremblers, Las Munjitas del Fuzz, The Dahlmanns, Thee Fine Lines, The Kumari, The Lazy Cowgirls, The Tandoori Knights, Cyanide Pills, Duncan Reid, The Wildebeests, The Noble Krell, We Are...The Nettelles. Condition is generally Ex+/as new.
Lot 913
SOUL / FUNK / DISCO - 7". Shakin' collection of about 120 x 7". Artists/titles include Wood Lane (GIL 537), Dennis Brown (LAS 1), Gladys Knight (TMG 674), Sly & The Family Stone, Ellie Matt & G I Brass, Frederick Knight, Force, Peoples Choice, Bill Withers, Mojo, Wayne Gibson, The Fatback Band, Mighty Two, Desmond Dekker, Nicky Thomas, Brandy, MFSB, Peter Tosh, Kim Weston, Peter Tosh, MFSB, Scott English, Nicky Thomas,Sonya Spence, Stargard, Stevie Wonder, Act One, Bo Cooper 5000 Volts, The Flamingos, Odyssey, Cerrone, Pointer Sisters, The Delfonics, Penny McLean, The Organization, The Whispers, Fantastics, Patches, Burundi Black, Disco Tex & The Sex-o-lettes, Eli Bonaparte, Page Three. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.
Lot 154
ASSORTED POSTERS.Six posters to include an Iggy Pop - Blah Blah Blah poster (24.5x34"), a David Bowie Personality Poster (some repairs to tears, 29x40"), a Boomtown Rats big O poster (24x33"), U2 The Best Of 1990-2000 (20x28"), a Sierra Nevada World Music Festival poster (to measure 19x25") and Genesis - Through The Ages Live (40x60"). Condition varies but generally VF.
Lot 1012
80'S NEW WAVE, POP & ALT ROCK SINGLES COLLECTION A TO O. Part 1 of this impressive collection of approximately 120 x 7" singles from the late 70's and 80's covering mainly New Wave, Pop and Alternative Rock. Examples of artists include Adam & The Ants x 6, Au Pairs, Boomtown Rats x 8, China Crisis x 3, Julian Cope, Elvis Costello x 7, Depeche Mode x 6, Devox 2, Dexy's x 2, Thomas Dolby x 6, Duran Duran x 5, Echo & Bunnymen x 5, Fad Gadget, Bryan Ferry, Fiction Factory, Fun Boy Three, Go-Betweens, Heaven 17 x 7, Human League x 7, Icehouse x 2, INXS x 4, Japan x 7, Kissing The Pink x 6, Jona Lewie x 4, Madness x 5, New Musik x 3, Orange Juice x 3, OMD x 12 and more. Condition is generally Ex to Ex+ making it an viable and almost instant collection of top quality music from that period.
Lot 613
(LARGELY) 70s ARTISTS - CLASSIC ROCK/FOLK-ROCK LPs. Ace collection of 15 x LPs loaded with goodies. Artists/titles include Pink Floyd (x5) - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1st UK mono, black/blue Columbia SX 6157, matrix/mother stampers XAX 3419-2 1 O & 3420-1 1 L inverted? - please note G+ record with many surface/scuff marks and a couple of light scratches/Ex very well presented 2nd printing 'File Under Popular' sleeve with only light wear), Animals (SHVL 815, 2 copies, matrix endings are A2/B3 on one, A2/B5 on the other - Ex/Ex and Ex/VG+ copies), The Wall (SHDW 411, 2 copies, matrix endings are A4/B3/A3/B2 and A3/B3/A3/B2 - very clean Ex+/Ex+ and Ex+/Ex copies, printed inners, no stickers), Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (original UK SSK 89400, 484 Kings Road address, no Warner logos, matrix endings A1/B5/C1/D1 - very clean Ex/Ex copy complete with inners), Alice Cooper - School's Out (UK K 56007 - Ex copy, no panties!), The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's (stereo black/yellow -1/-1 - VG/Ex, with unused cut-out, no red inner), The Electric Light Orchestra - S/T (UK original SHVL 797, A1/B1 'crossed out' matrix with A2/B2 over - Ex+/Ex+ or top 'NM' copy), The Stranglers, Strawbs, Uriah Heep, Robert Calvert - Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters (UAG 29507) and Steeleye Span. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.
Lot 961
60s - 70s / ROCK / POP - 7". Mighty collection of 38 x 7", mainly German releases. Artists titles include Captain Beefheart - Upon The My-O-My (13 305 AT, Ex+/VG+), Frank Zappa, Colosseum, Balls, Harvey Andrews, The Allman Brothers Band, Average White Band, Jim Capaldi, Harry Chapin , Commander Cody, Yvonne Elliman, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, ALbert Hammond, Frijid Pink, Edwin Hawkins Singers, Elton John (x3), The Archies, Sarah Jane, Mud, Maria Muldaur, Johnson Boy, Reunion, Sylvia, Scaffold, Gismo My Way, 10cc, David McWilliams (x2), The Monkees, The Detergents, Graham Bonney, Nancy Sinatra, Sonny & Cher, Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band, Chris Andrews and Dave Davies. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.
Lot 1083
60s ROCK 'N' ROLL / R&B / POP + BEAT - EPs - 'B - C' . More shakin' EPs with 27 from the B's and C's. Artists/titles include Dave Berry (x2) inc. Me-O-My-O and Can I Get It from You, Mike Berry (x2) inc. It's Time for Mike Berry and A Tribute to Buddy Holly, Big Bopper - The Big Bopper (ZEP 10004 - VG with surface/scuff marks, nothing heavier/VG a few light paper tears on the opening edge), The Big Three at The Cavern (VG/VG+), Bill Black's Combo (x2) inc. Blue Tango and the Untouchable Sound of Bill, Cilla Black (x4) inc. Time for Cilla (GEP 8967, Ex+/Ex+), Anyone Who Had a Heart and It's for You and Cillas' Hits, Ray Bush, Freddy Cannon (x3) inc. The Explosive!, Four Direct Hits and On Target, Johnny Cash (x4) inc. Johny Cash, Sings Hank williams (VG/Ex) and Country Boy Vol 1 & 2 (VG/VG+), The Champs (x4) and Don Charles. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+, unless graded.
Lot 926
SOUL / FUNK / DISCO - 7". Shakin' collection of about 450 x 7". Artists/titles include LL Cool J, Levert Casanova, George McGregor, Midnight Star, Papa Winnie, Deodato, Shakatak, Sister Sledge, Marvin Gaye, Pointer Sisters, Four Tops, Cameo, Ike & Tina Turner, Fatback, Judy Boucher, James Brown, Hot Chocolate, Incognito, Beastie Boys, Soul II Soul, The Delfonics, Betty Wright, Donna Summer, Amii Stewart, Bob Marley, Gibson Brothers, Roberta Flack, Imagination, Kool & The Gang, Quincy Jones, Mezzo Forte, Ken Boothe, Shalamar, Sugar Minott, Sergio Mendes, Otis Redding, Dawn Penn, Prince, Atlantic Avenue, Gloria Gaynor, The Stylistics, Amy Keys, Luther Vandross, Wendy Moten, The O' Jays, Billy Paul, Weather Report, The Supremes, Earth Wind & Fire, Rose Royce, Chic, Rufus & Chaka Khan. Condition is generally VG to Ex+.
Lot 1039
70s DEMOS / ROCK / POP / FOLK / FUNK - 7". Stirring collection of about 240 x 7". Artists/titles include Boz Scaggs (x5), Chicago (x9), James Taylor (x4), Billy Joel (x4), Willie Nelson, Earth Wind & Fire (x7), Neil Diamond (x6), Barbra Streisand (x7), Bob Dylan, Janis Ian, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Dave Mason, Janie Fricke, Johnny Cash, Al Stewart, The Emotions, Deniece Williams, Herbie Hancock, Kursaal Flyers, Bobby Bare, Magnet (x22), Infinity (x6), TK (x9), The Kinks, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, The Three Degrees, ELO (x3), Barry White, War, Peter Tosh, O C Smith, B J Thomas, Gloria Jones, The Drifters. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.
Lot 1016
80'S NEW WAVE, POP & ALT ROCK SINGLES COLLECTION A TO O. Part 1 of this impressive collection of approximately 120 x 7" singles from the late 70's and 80's covering mainly New Wave, Pop and Alternative Rock. Examples of artists include Adam & The Ants x 6, Au Pairs, Boomtown Rats x 8, China Crisis x 3, Julian Cope, Elvis Costello x 7, Depeche Mode x 6, Devox 2, Dexy's x 2, Thomas Dolby x 6, Duran Duran x 5, Echo & Bunnymen x 5, Fad Gadget, Bryan Ferry, Fiction Factory, Fun Boy Three, Go-Betweens, Heaven 17 x 7, Human League x 7, Icehouse x 2, INXS x 4, Japan x 7, Kissing The Pink x 6, Jona Lewie x 4, Madness x 5, New Musik x 3, Orange Juice x 3, OMD x 12 and more. Condition is generally Ex to Ex+ making it an enviable and almost instant collection of top quality music from that period.
Lot 3350
Toys - He Man and the Master of the Universe action figures, Heman with chest Armour, Evil-Lyn, Mechanneck, Man At Arms. Skeletor with chest armour, Triclops; otherts Thunder Cats, Jackalman, Berbil Bill, Mumm-Ra, Panthro, Snowman of Hook Mountain, and Lion-O; Star Wars figures Mace Windu, Tigh Fighter Pilots, Storm Trooper, Leia in Hoth gear, etc; others Thunderbirds, robots etc qty
Lot 460
10th century AD. An elaborate Petersen Type L or O variant double-edged sword; the straight blade pattern-welded tapering from a width of about 5cm at the cross-guard; the point is still well preserved; both cutting edges show strong traces of employment on the battlefield with battle-nicks along their length; the tapered fullers, are 2cm at their origin adjacent to the cross-guard, and are still well preserved running from their largest width of 2.5cm to 1cm at the lower extreme end where they run to about 9cm of the point; the blade goes straight into the cross-guard with a broad and long tang, befitting such a fine blade; the boat-shaped cross is 5cm wide; its rounded ends are highly decorated with silver inlaid, onto which intricate whirling interlaced patterns are traced, and curve gently towards the blade; the massive pommel has a curved base-element and five lobes, decorated with the same silver inlaid patterns visible on the lower guard; the pommel knob, decorated in the same way, is attached to the pommel guard through rivets. See Petersen, J., De Norske Vikingesverd, Oslo, 1919; Oakeshott, R.E., The Archaeology of the weapons, London, 1960; Peirce, I.,Swords of the Viking Age, Suffolk, 2002; ?abi?ski, G., Viking Age Swords from Scotland, in Acta Militaria Mediaevalia III, Kraków, Sanok, 2007, pp.29-84; the sword finds parallels in various similar Viking age specimens of L variant; two very similar swords have been published by Peirce (2002, pp.77-81), both preserved at the British Museum; one of these is the famous Witham sword (Oakeshott, 1960, p.134); from the other side the combination of the curved guard with the five lobes seems to design an evolution of the pattern of variant O, like the sword of Oslo University (from Vestre Berg, Løiten parish, Akershus, Norway, see Peirce, 2002, pp.87ff.), or more evidently like the Gunnarsby (Rygge, Smaal) sword (Petersen, 1919, fig.105"). Petersen includes in the second group of O type eight swords exemplars, all having like our specimen, hilts covered in silver plates. 1.3 kg, 91cm (35 3/4").From a North West London collection; previously acquired in the 1980s; accompanied by an archaeological report of military specialist Dr. Raffaele D’Amato.Most probably our specimen is a river find, like most swords of this type. The most remarkable part of this sword is the magnificently decorated hilt, the result of fine craftsmanship. The very fine state of preservation suggests that this sword was protected by Glødeskall, a compound of iron and oxygen created when an iron object is subjected to intense heat, able to provide some protection against corrosion, by means of the shell (skall) or skin which the process forms around the object (Peirce, 2002, p.36, n.2"). The hilt of type O swords, especially their beautiful five-lobed pommels and cross-guards, were usually completely covered in a brilliant copper alloy or silver. The decoration of the guard is very similar to a sword of type O auctioned in 2013, and, owing to its lavish decoration, combining Roman and Norse elements, was said to belong to the Varangian Guard. Moreover also our specimen, like the one auctioned in 2013, has a pommel made of ferrous metal, rather than the copper alloy more commonly used for the hilts of type O. The only known type O Viking sword from Scotland is from Eriskay, generally dated to 900-950 AD, and has a pommel and a cross piece made of an iron core covered of bronze (?abi?ski, 2007, p.63"). This is typical of the swords of the second group O, in which the guards are made of iron with a cover of silver plates, exactly like our specimen. The silver plates are decorated with animal ornamentation and with a more ordinary twined band, like here, in a sword auctioned in 2013 and the Gunnarsby sword. Unlike the sword auctioned in 2013, the blade inlay is entirely typical for the proposed 10th century dating. The decoration is akin to the Hiberno-Norse style, which is the most commonly identified regional attribution of the Type O hilt group.Very fine condition.
Lot 585
Early 16th century AD. A substantial and important gold signet ring comprising a D-section hoop, facetted shoulders and octagonal bezel; the underside with cable detailing, the shoulders with three swept flutes, each with a band of cinquefoil and foliage ornament; the bezel with intaglio ropework border enclosing an olive branch set horizontally above a heater shield depicting thereon an enigmatic merchant's mark comprising a central cross with crescent ends to top and side limbs, with lateral spur to the foot; the cross flanked to left by the a crescent with six-pointed star below and a larger six-pointed star to right; the six-pointed star appears as a mintmark on the coins of Henry VIII of the York mint for the period 1514-1526 AD and the crescent also at York mint (and Durham) similarly for the period 1526-1529 AD. See Rylands, J. Paul Merchants' marks and other medieval personal marks in Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1910 (copy of illustrations therefrom included); Boardman, J. & Scarisbrick, D. The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings, London, 1977, item 167 for type; see de Ricci, Seymour, Catalogue of a Collection of Ancient Rings formed by the late E Guilhou, Paris, 1912 (reprinted"). 16.55 grams, 23.00mm overall, 18.03mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15) (1"). Found while searching with a metal detector in a private garden near Bridlington Priory, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, by William Coultas on 15th March 2019; declared as Treasure under the Treasure Act 1996 with Treasure reference number 2019T326, subsequently disclaimed and returned to the finder after the local museum was found not to be in a position to acquire it; accompanied by copies of various documents pertaining to the find from the Treasure Registrar at the British Museum, and a copy of the Report to HM Coroner on the find by Adam Parker, plus a copy of the receipt from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport; also copies of the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report [YORYM-5DBF7D], an original copy of The Searcher magazine with an article on it's finding, and a photograph of the ring taken when it was found.PublishedThe Garden of Dreams, by Will Coultas in The Searcher magazine, no.406, June 2019, p.30; and also mentioned on the front cover.Bridlington Priory was an Augustinian priory in the diocese of York, founded in 1113 AD and dissolved during the Reformation (Dissolution of the Monasteries"). The site of the priory is now occupied by a parish church dedicated to St. Mary. Walter de Gant was the founder of what was one of the earliest Augustinian establishments in England, a double-house with a convent, confirmed in charters by King Henry I. An Anglo-Saxon church and nunnery had occupied the site before the Norman invasion. The first prior may have been called 'Guicheman', a Norman corruption of the English name 'Wickeman'. The priory enjoyed royal favour and owned lands across Yorkshire. Its Canons established a separate foundation, Newburgh Priory, in 1145 AD and King Stephen granted it the right to confiscate the property of felons and fugitives within the town, alongside dues from the harbour. In 1200 AD, John granted leave to hold a yearly fair in the town. During the Anarchy, the Canons were expelled and the buildings fortified by William le Gros, who later awarded it six manors, one at Boynton and the rest in Holderness. Henry IV awarded the priory the rectory of Scarborough. A royal licence to crenelate was granted by Richard II in 1388 AD but it seems that only the Baylegate of the four known entrances was fortified. The priory also had an extensive library, documented by John Leland, the 16th century antiquary and poet, shortly before its Dissolution in 1538 AD. The priory was a very wealthy institution with extensive landholdings across northern England. The church itself was an impressive building some 390 ft (about 120 m) in length with carved interior woodwork by William Brownflete. The fabric of the priory was largely destroyed, with the nave remaining to form the frame of the existing parish church. Medieval and Tudor merchant's marks such as this example were a non statutory system for identifying personal property or to confirm identity, separate from the hereditary heraldry used by noble families. These marks were used on seals attached to goods for identification purposes or for sealing documents, and the designs were sometimes displayed on a heater shield (as on the present ring) in a more formal context. The cinquefoils are identified by Adam Parker, Finds Liaison Officer for N&E Yorkshire as carnations, also known as 'pinks' and signifying 'betrothal'. A similar merchant's mark appears on the reverse of a ring in the de Guilhou collection, which also features a comparable cable design to the hoop, for which a 16th century date is suggested in Boardman and Scarisbrick. This ring is of very good quality with exceptional workmanship evident to all of its features; it would undoubtedly have been the property of a wealthy and important merchant; merchant marks are enigmatic and secretive by their nature and often hold punning references to personal names so, for example, the presence of an olive branch could suggest the name Oliver. Some studies of such marks have been undertaken since the 19th century in a few localities and archives but, to date, there seems to have been no attempt to carry out a systemic national study of this fascinating subject nor to compile a corpus of examples from museum collections and public records. Very fine condition; traces of niello fill to the cinquefoils. Very rare.
Lot 166
2nd-early 3rd century AD. A silver finger ring with tapering shoulders, domed plaque with inset carnelian gemstone, intaglio bust of a horned and bearded male, probably Faunus; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 353 for type. 14.12 grams, 25.18mm overall, 19.32mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14) (1"). Private collection, home counties, UK; acquired before 1980. Very fine condition. A large wearable size.
Lot 97
5th-3rd century BC. A gold finger ring comprising two braised filigree bands forming the hoop, ellipsoid bezel with stepped panel, lion couchant modelled in the round. 9.18 grams, 27.20mm overall, 19.85mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14) (1"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1970; accompanied by a copy of an expertise from Striptwist Ltd, a London-based company run by historical precious metal specialist Dr Jack Ogden, reference number 180301. Very fine condition. A large wearable size.
Lot 150
4th-8th century AD. A carnelian discoid cloison with intaglio Chiron the centaur in profile in a (partial) wreath, set in a later gold finger ring. 7.05 grams, 32mm overall, 17.50mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14) (1 1/4"). Property of a retired English university professor; acquired from Artemis Gallery, New York, USA; previously in a private East Coast, USA collection; accompanied by an original certificate of authenticity/sales receipt from Artemis Gallery. Very fine condition.
Lot 597
17th-18th century AD. A gold finger ring formed as two clasped hands with scrolled cuffs and ribbed hoop, heart-shaped plaque to the reverse. See Oman, C.C. British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974. 5.27 grams, 21.22 mm overall, 18.20mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14) (3/4"). From a private collection; formed 1965-1975. The form of the ring imitates the medieval clasped-hands betrothal ring (e.g. Oman items 54(C,D)) but its manufacture and the heart-shaped plaque are innovations. Very fine condition.
Lot 450
Early 3rd century AD. A double-edged longsword (spatha) of Lauriacum Hromówka typology; well preserved blade, with four blood channels running three quarters of its length, wider and parallel cutting edges tapering towards the triangular point; inlaid decoration at the height of the sword’s shoulders, showing on one side the figure of Mars Ultor, standing in armour (statos), shield (aspis) and plumed helmet (galea), holding a spear with the left arm, on the other side the aquila of the Legion flanked by two military standards (signa), fitted with four phalerae and with at the top a wide hasta pura. See Biborski, M.,‘Miecze z okresu wp?ywów rzymskich na obszarze kultury przeworskiej’, in Materia?y Archeologiczne XVIII, 1978, pp.53-165; Robinson, H.R., What the soldiers wore on Hadrian’s Wall New Castle on Tyne, 1976-1979; Czarnecka, K.,‘Two newly-found Roman swords from the Przeworsk culture cemetery in Oblin, Siedlce District, Poland’ in JRMES 3,1992, pp.41-56; Bishop, M. C. – Coulston, J.C.N., Roman military equipment, from the Punic wars to the fall of Rome, London, 1993; Biborski, M. ‘Römische Schwerter im Gebiet des europäischen Barbaricum’, in JRMES 5, 1994, pp.169-198; Southern, P., Dixon, K.R., The Late Roman Army, London, 1996; Dautova Ruševljan V., Vujovi?, M.,Roman Army in Srem, Novi Sad, 2006; Biborki, M./Ilkjar J., Illerup Ådal 12. Die Schwerter. 1. Textband. 2. Tafeln und Fundlisten, Moesgard, 2006; Miks, C., Studien zur Romischen Schwertbewaffnung in der Kaiserzeit, I-II Banden, Rahden, 2007; Cascarino, G.,Sansilvestri, C.,L’esercito romano, armamento ed organizzazione, vol.III, dal III secolo alla fine dell’Impero d’Occidente, Rimini, 2009; Radjush, O.,‘New armament finds of the Scythian wars' epoch in the northern Black Sea region’ in Busch, A. W. and Schalles, H.-J. (eds.), Waffen in Aktion. Akten des 16. Internationalen Roman Military Equipment Conference (ROMEC), Xanten, 13.-16. Juni 2007, Xantener Berichte 16, Darmstad, 2009, pp.183-8; Guillaud I., Militaria à Lugdunum: étude de l’armement et de l’équipement militaire d’époque romaine à Lyon (1er s. av.-IVe s. apr. J.-C.), Archéologie et Préhistoire, Lyon, 2017; D’Amato, R., Roman army Units in the Western Provinces, Oxford, 2019; for very similar specimens see Miks, 2007, n.A146,3; A146,10 (Ejsbol); A384 (Krasnik-Piasti); A595 (Pontoux); A830 (Sisak); A620 (Rezeczyca Dluga); A586 (Pododlow); A676 (Sobotka); A211 (Kielce"). 832 grams, 74cm, 6cm wide (29").From a Cambridgeshire private collection since 2008; formerly in a Nottinghamshire collection since the 1980s, accompanied by an expertise from the military specialist Dr. Raffaele D’Amato.Although in Latin literature the late Roman sword was often still conventionally called gladius (Ammianus Marcellinus, Historiae, XIX, 6; Passio SS. Rogatiani et Donatiani,1859, p.323), the main kind of blade of the Roman third and fourth century soldier belongs to the so-called spatha type (Scriptores Historia Augusta, Divus Claudius, XXV, 7, 5; 8, 5) which derived directly from the long cutting Celtic sword of the La Tène III period, already used by the cavalrymen and Auxilia of the previous Ages. The great spatha (spathì) of the Roman heavy infantryman was considered by Julius Africanus (Fragm., I, 1, 53) as the main weapon of the armoured legionary of Alexander Severus. The frequent clashes with Germanic warriors armed with long swords and the increased recruitment by the Roman army lead to the growth of spatha use by the milites legionarii (DautovaRuševljan-Vujovi?, 2006, p.50"). These longer swords slowly replaced the shorter gladius, the double-edged sword of the imperial infantry, for all troops. Vegetius (Epitome de re military, II,15) calls the spatha a gladius maior, i.e. a great sword, sometimes a metre long. A wide range of spathae have been found dating from the late second to the late fourth century AD (D’Amato, 2019, p.14"). There are today several hundred attested Roman longswords scattered throughout Europe. Specimens of Roman spathae of the second and third centuries have been found in large numbers in the Danish bogs (Nydam, Straubing, Thorsberg, Illerup"). These swords show a great deal of variability, in terms of shape and dimensions; today a typological framework is well-established, thanks to the work of academics including Ulbert, Biborski and Miks. This particular type is the Lauriacum-Hromówka of which more than 30 specimens have been found in Poland.Fine condition. Scarce.
Lot 153
1st-2nd century AD. A carnelian cloison with intaglio dolphin motif, set into a later hollow-formed gold finger ring. 4.48 grams, 22.99mm overall, 17.19mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14) (1"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired London art market, 2000s. Very fine condition.
Lot 318
Manner of O.van Schriek ( -) FLORAL STILL LIFE signed O. van Schriek oil on canvas 46cm by 42,5cm MASTERING THE ART OF COPYING “Good artists copy; great artists steal” Pablo Picasso.*For at least two millennia artists have copied the work of their peers. The Romans copied Greek art, sculpture and design in acts of honour and appropriation that came to shape their own particular artistic traditions.More recently, aspiring artists in Europe, Asia and Africa have paid tribute to their forbears and teachers by copying their work. Across space and through time, emulating or copying has been regarded as not only paying homage, but as an important way of transferring knowledge. Received wisdom is modified and hopefully improved through generations in this manner. From the middle ages, artist’s workshops and studios employed young apprentices, contracted under a system of guilds. Trained to assist with studio duties, they were also taught to copy their master’s work in order to explore and understand technique and subject ensuring continuity of current artistic traditions. Art theory was introduced later with the establishment of academies in Italy in the 1600’s, when the intellectual stimulation of copying great works of art was accepted as critically important to the development of artistic competence. Literally hundreds of thousands of works were produced “after” master artists in workshops and ateliers during the Renaissance and beyond. During the Golden Age in the Netherlands, there was a frenzy of ownership and a cult-like prestige among the new wealthy class in their scramble to acquire genre paintings for display in both domestic and public settings. Still lifes, landscapes and portraits evoked the image of an aspirant life of comfort, success and adventure. An example of one of these still lifes is Floral Still Life which has been produced in the manner of O. van Schriek.In 2017, Sotheby’s London was the first to devote an entire sale to Old Master Copies as a point of entry for emerging collectors. - C.K.1 - Colin Gleadell.Sotheby’s explores the market for Old Master copies. 16 October 2017.https:www.telegraph.co uk/luxury/art/sothebys-exploresmarket-oldmaster-copies * Picasso’s advice to clever artists was to do as he did - Steal with credit, respect, and transformative new ideas
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