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.
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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.
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
A quantity of Hornby O gauge tinplate railway. Including 11x boxed freight wagons and 4-wheel coaches; 2x Pullman Cars, 2x Flat truck with cable drum, Timber wagon, Esso Petrol tank wagon, Barrel wagon, No.2 Cattle truck, No.2 Lumber wagon, etc. Plus a 3x additional items of rolling stock, a No.2 Double arm signal, 2x buffer stops and a quantity of 2-rail track, rail joiners, etc. GC-VGC. £50-70
5x O Gauge LMS railway items by Lima. Including; an LMS train set comprising a Class 4F 0-6-0 tender locomotive, 4683, in maroon livery, 2x corridor coaches and a small quantity of track. Plus an additional 4x LMS corridor coaches in maroon livery. One coach unboxed, some wear/damage to other boxes. GC-VGC. £60-80
15+ Dinky Toys. Including boxed items; a Humber Hawk (165) in green and black. A Battle of Battle Spitfire (719). A Petrol pump Station, Esso (781). Unboxed items include; Telephone box, Pratt's Motor Oil, Airmail post box, red post box. Together with a number of O Gauge Hornby Series passengers etc. Plus the Hornby Companion Series 'Dinky Toys & Modelled Miniatures' by M & S Richardson. Minor/some wear/damage to boxes. Spitfire with inner packing pieces and instructions. VGC-Mint, very minor wear only to Spitfire. £70-90
A Hornby Series O Gauge No.2 Special clockwork SR 4-4-0 tender locomotive. A759 to cab sides and front buffer beam, and 850 to tender sides, in lined dark green livery with black smokebox. In separate boxes for loco and tender (remains of the locomotive box), with the correct inner card piece, instructions, spanner and key. Locomotive GC, some chipping overall and fatiguing to driving wheels preventing the mechanism from turning. £80-120
4x Hornby Series and Dinky Toys O gauge box sets of figures and trackside accessories. Including; No.1 Station Staff (containing 5 figures). No.3 Railway Passengers (containing 6 figures). Railway Accessories No.1 Miniature Luggage & Truck (truck missing). Railway Accessories No.2 Milk Cans & Truck. Some wear to boxes. Contents GC, some chipping overall. £80-120
A Hornby Series O Gauge No.3 clockwork GWR 4-4-2 tender locomotive. Caerphilly Castle 4073, in lined dark green livery with black smokebox. In the remains of the locomotive box, with the correct inner card piece, spanner and key. Locomotive GC-VGC, some chipping overall and broken coupling on tender. £80-120
A quantity of model railway including accessories. Battery operated O gauge Christmas Western Express train set Jouef HO turntable set and 2x Jouef signal accessories plastic sets. POLA L.G.B. G scale line side workman's hut. Busch set of 2 G scale street lamps. 2x Hornby Railways BR ex SR 2nd class open coach. Hornby waiting room. 2x Bachmann set of 3 Presflo cement wagons. Plus a number of card and plastic building kits etc by Wills, Kibri, Cooper Craft and Usborne etc. Plus a Corgi OOC model bus garage, plus sundry other items including Meccano catalogues. Also some Britains American civil war military Union soldiers etc. Many boxed/packeted, some wear/damage to Christmas set box. Contents/loose items Most VGC. £50-70
A modern Corgi Bassett Lowke O Gauge British Railway Class A3 4-6-2 tender locomotive, Flying Scotsman 60103, in lined gloss dark green livery. For 3-rail electric running. Boxed, minor wear/damage and splits to lid. Loco GC-VGC, restoration/reattachment needed to third rail pick up and internal wiring. £80-130
A collection of WW1 medals in presentation cases for a number of soldiers to include Chief Officer Ricardo C.Jays RN, Petty Officer Fred Catling R.N, Private Harry C.Jays Northumberland Fus, Lance Corporal Charles O. Catling 6th Bedfordshire Regt and Surgeon Captain Tom Jays R.A.M.C. 17 medals in total, with three miniatures for Surgeon Captain Tom Jays mounted on a bar.
PURPLE GEM SET AND DIAMOND RING, the row of oval purple gems bordered by round brilliant cut diamonds totalling approximately 0.52 carats, size O 1/2, marked 14k, 4.4gPlease see ‘Important Information’ tab for jewellery-specific information and note that a condition report is available to view or request on the online catalogue at mctears.co.uk.
DIAMOND DRESS RING, formed by two rows of round brilliant cut diamonds totalling approximately 1.30 carats, marked 18ct and PLAT, size O 1/2, 5.2g, along with an eighteen carat white gold wedding band, size K, 1.9g (2)Please see ‘Important Information’ tab for jewellery-specific information and note that a condition report is available to view or request on the online catalogue at mctears.co.uk.
RUBY AND DIAMOND CLUSTER RING, set with a central oval cabochon ruby of approximately 10.50 carats within a diamond halo, in eighteen carat white gold, size O 1/2, 7.4gPlease see ‘Important Information’ tab for jewellery-specific information and note that a condition report is available to view or request on the online catalogue at mctears.co.uk.
BLUE GEM SET AND DIAMOND CLUSTER RING, formed by rows of alternating blue gems and diamonds, one missing, unmarked, size N, a blue gem set and diamond three stone rind, in nine carat gold, size O 1/2, and a blue and white gem set ring, in nine carat gold, size P, 5.3g grossPlease see ‘Important Information’ tab for jewellery-specific information and note that a condition report is available to view or request on the online catalogue at mctears.co.uk.
A GROUP OF JEWELLERY, comprising a pair of 9k gold cufflinks with blue enamel; A 9K gold butterfly pendant necklace set with lapis lazuli and chalcedony plaques, length 1.8cm, to a gold chain, length 45cm; A 14K gold thimble, length 2cm; A fob set with an engraved chalcedony intaglio, length 5cm (including bale); One 9K gold tennis racket pin, width 1.5cm; A silver dove brooch, with Irish assay marks, width 5.3cm; A diamond eternity ring, ring size O; A ruby and diamond three-stone ring set with a rectangular cushion-shaped ruby, to brilliant-cut diamond shoulders, ring size Q; Two 18K gold wedding bands, ring sizes N½ and P½; a 9K gold golf club pin, length 5.8cm
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