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Lot 612

A Greek/Ottoman silver metal circular bowl and cover 19th Century of hinged form with central equestrian figure and embossed cartouche surround, 9.5cm

Lot 689

A Japanese wood netsuke 19th Century youth astride a standing buffalo, on oval base, and a miniature suzunibako decorated with a cherry branch in silver hiramaki-e on an allover kirikane ground, 19th Century, 4.5cm x 4.2cm x 1.5cm, and a miniature Chinese enamel vase (3)

Lot 691

A Japanese roiro lacquer rectangular kobako 19th Century decorated in gold hiramaki-e with night scene of a silver moon over two houses amidst shrubs, grasses and a cluster of tall bamboo shoots, interior and base with gold nashiji, 15.2cm x 12cm x 5.8cm

Lot 711

A Japanese silver and rosewood kogo and tray Meiji inset shibuichi panel decorated in iroye-zogan with three sparrow dancers, tray 18cm x 14.5cm, fox 9.5cm x 14cm

Lot 712

A Japanese silver inro Meiji signed Nagatsune, Kao Ichinomiya school, decorated in kakakiri

Lot 713

A Japanese ivory netsuke Meiji in the form of a fisherman's creel with silver mount, 3cm high and a Japanese ivory netsuke, in the form of a noh mask (2)

Lot 731

A Japanese shibuchi and copper mount 19th Century decorated noh dancer and squatting drumming acting below engraved curtains, signed on a silver plaque, 10.5cm

Lot 739

A Japanese silver double skinned bowl Meiji chased with a sea monster on three scroll feet, stamped 1000 and signed on the base, 22cm diameter, 21.9 troy ozs

Lot 740

A Japanese silver teapot and cover the squat globular body decorated with irregular indentations, cover with petalled finial with basket work handle, base with Japanese silver mark

Lot 797

A Japanese Bingo Katana Edo Period (19th Century) signed BIngo (No) Kuni (No) Ju Masanori Saku, Sugata [configuration]: shinogi zukuri with o-kissaki and wide mihaba overall,Kitae [forging pattern]: possibly ko-mokume, Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha, nioi-deki, Boshi [tip]: yaki-zume, Nakago [tang]: ubu, kirijiri with three mekugi-ana, Habaki [collar]: silver, Horimono [carving]: deep boshi on both sides, Koshirae [mounting]: a 'bird's-head' tachi koshirae, the menuki of gilt onagadori [long-tailed bird], the kabutogane [pommel] of a silver ho-o bird's head, silver mokko tsuba engraved with onagadori, the scabbard of gold nashiji [sprinkled gold lacquer] with gold-outlined kiri mon [paulownia family crests] and onagadori, engraved silvered tachi saya adornments, 71.8 cm. (blade); 104.5 cm. long (koshirae) Provenance: The Dolphyn Collection

Lot 809

A Japanese Aikuchi Tanto Edo period (19th Century) with matching silver fittings on both saya and tsuka, 19cm Provenance: The Dolphyn Collection

Lot 816

A Japanese Aikuchi Tanto Nanboku-cho period (14th Century) unsigned o-suriage shinogi zukuri tanto from a tachi blade, silver-clad habaki, scabbard with fine aogai nashiji, lacquered tsuka carved in semblance of rattan or cherry bark binding, long silver kojiri, matching kozuka and waribashi with gold foil on an ishimeji ground, the kozuka with sagari fuji mon and the wari kogai with Shonai katabami mon, gold lacquered sagari-fuji [wisteria] mon on the horn kashira Provenance: The Dolphyn Collection

Lot 835

A Japanese Katana in Gunto Koshirae Edo period (17th/18th Century) Suguha hamon silver habaki, 69.5cm Provenance: The Dolphyn Collection

Lot 11

Umayyad, dirham, without mint-name, 79h, 2.41g (Klat 1, same dies), evenly clipped, about very fine and extremely rare. Although reformed gold dinars had been struck at Damascus since 77h, it appears that production of the related silver coinage did not begin until two years later. The westernmost of the early dirham mints, Damascus had no tradition of striking silver coinage - in contrast with most of the dirham mints in the eastern part of the Islamic world, most of which had previously issued Arab-Sasanian drachms. At Damascus, therefore, the obvious prototype for the first post-Reform dirhams will have been the associated mintless dinars then being struck there, rather than Arab-Sasanian types which almost always include both mint and date. This may explain why the very first of the new silver coins from Damascus - including the present coin - omit the mint-name, just as the gold dinars do. With more than forty other silver mints then active, however, the inconsistency of having mintless dirhams struck at Damascus alone must soon have become apparent, and the mint-name was quickly incorporated on all other silver struck there from 79h until the fall of the dynasty in 132h.

Lot 23

Umayyad, dirham, Dashtaq 113h, obv., in margin: bismillah duriba hadha al-dirham bi-Dashtaq…, 2.86g (cf Klat 333.b [89h], 338.b [94h]), some die rust, good very fine and extremely rare. There is little doubt that ‘Dashtaq’ is an engraving error for ‘Dimashq’, with the letter mim replaced by a ‘tooth.’ This is the third recorded year in which the error is known, and on all known specimens not only is the calligraphy identical to contemporary Damascus coins but the annulet patterns and any diacritical points also match regular Damascus dirhams of the same date. It may also be noted that the date of this specimen – 113h – is a year in which very few other Umayyad silver mints outside Wasit and Damascus were operational.

Lot 235

Umayyad/Abbasid, glass weight, pale green with silver-grey iridescence, uniface, in three lines: bismillah | al-wafa | lillah, 4.14g, good very fine

Lot 27

Umayyad Governors of Sind, Hakam b. ‘Awana (d. 122h), qandhari dirham, obv., la ilaha | illa Allah | triplet of pellets, rev., amr bihi | al-Hakam | ibn ‘Awana, 0.48g (cf Stephen Album Rare Coins auction 28, 18 May 2017, lot 2122, same obverse die), cleaned, flan slightly ragged, good very fine and excessively rare. The local Umayyad coinage of Sind has recently been discussed by Lutz Ilisch (‘Reichswährung und Regionalwährung nach der Münzreform ‘Abd al-Maliks im islamischen Osten,’ in Die Grenzen der Welt: Arabica et Iranica ad honorem Heinz Gaube, Wiesbaden 2008). Following the foundation of a new capital, al-Mansura, by the governor ‘Amr b. Muhammad al-Thaqafi, the Muslims began to issue a silver coinage with Arabic legends which struck to the same weight as the existing pre-Islamic coinage stock (between 0.5-0.7g with regional variation). Ilisch publishes a coin of similar design to the present specimen, but naming ‘Amr b. Muhammad rather than Hakam b. ‘Awana (plate 1, 1). The following extract from al-Baladhuri describes Hakam’s career (translation from A.V. Williams Jackson [ed], History of India: Volume 5 – The Mohammedan Period as Described by its Own Historians, London 1907): Hakim ibn ‘Awana al-Kalbi succeeded Tamim. The people of India had returned to idolatry, excepting those of Kassa, and the Muslims had no place of security in which they could take refuge, so he built a town on the other side of the lake facing India, and called it al-Mahfuza ‘the secure,’ and this he made a place of refuge and security for them, and their chief town. He asked the elders of the tribe of Kalb, who were of Syrian descent, what name he should give the town. Some said Dimashq (Damascus), others, Hims (Emesa), and others Tadmur (Palmyra), whereupon Hakim chose the latter name for his city, to which he gave the epithet of al-Mahfuzah, and dwelt there. ‘Amr ibn Muhammad ibn Qasim was with Hakim, and the latter advised with him, trusted him with many important matters, and sent him out of al-Mahfuza on a warlike expedition. He was victorious in his commission, and was made an amir. He founded a city on this side of the lake, which he called Mansura, in which the governors now dwell. Hakim recovered from the enemy those places which they had subjugated, and gave satisfaction to the people in his country, so that Khalid said: “It is very surprising – I gave the charge of the country to the most generous of Arabs, that is, to Tamim, and they were disgusted; I gave it to the most niggardly of men, and they were satisfied.” Hakim was killed there.

Lot 274

Abbasid, al-Ma’mun (194-218h), dirham, Madinat Arran 209h, rev., citing ‘Ubaydallah b. Yahya above and Ja‘far below, 3.25g (Vardanyan -), minor staining on obverse, better than very fine and apparently an unpublished variety. Ja‘far appears to be a previously unknown governor, not otherwise attested on the silver coinage struck at Madinat Arran or in the surrounding area at this period.

Lot 288

Abbasid, al-Wathiq (227-232h), silver ‘dinar’, Marw 237h, obv., without name of heir, rev., citing al-Wathiq billah, 2.86g, obverse double-struck, fine and unusual. This curious piece is presumably a contemporary imitation, given that denomination is given as al-dinar, the date is impossible for the caliph, and the module of the coin much smaller than official Marw dirhams of this period. Ex Samir Shamma Collection.

Lot 294

Abbasid, al-Mutawakkil (232-247h), silver ‘dinar’, Misr 242h, with mint/date legend reading al-dinar (as opposed to al-dirham), 3.11g, some surface pitting, apparently an ancient imitation which was presumably once plated to pass as a gold coin, almost very fine and unusual

Lot 35

Abbasid, al-Mutawakkil (232-247h), donative dinar with broad margins, Surra man ra’a 245h, 4.37g (including loop) (Bernardi 158Jc (this date not listed); cf Ilisch DI 9 = Qatar 1197 [244h]), pierced in border and still retaining ancient gold suspension loop, crease in centre running approximately the width of the legends, otherwise fine to good fine and of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished. Although donative silver dirhams of this type and date are known (Ilisch DI 10), this appears to be an unrecorded date for gold donatives from Samarra. These presentation coins were often worn as a visible mark of the caliph’s favour, and it is common to find them pierced or mounted as here. As well as marking the coinage as a special issue, the broad outer margin allowed the coin to be mounted without impairing the legends.

Lot 428

Ayyubid, Saladin (567-589h), fine silver dirham, Dimashq 585h, with title Sultan al-Islam wa’l-Muslimin, 2.88g (Balog 96), pierced, generally very fine and rare; and BI dirham aswad, 0.82g (Balog 65), flan crack, fine to good fine and scarce (2)

Lot 527

Qara Qoyunlu, temp. Aspan, ruler of Baghdad and Hilla (837-844h), silver heavy tanka, Baghdad 841h, 8.56g (Album 2486; Zeno 173186, this piece), very fine and toned, rare

Lot 3

A silver coloured metal replica diver's helmet

Lot 276

Walking Sticks - a silver collared walking stick others; a shooting stick etc (13)

Lot 3061

British SchoolGrand Prix Racing, Mercedes Silver Arrow W154 silver No 10indistinctly initialled, oil on board, 21cm x 26cm

Lot 1583

Silver pendent necklaces to include dragon pendent; mother of pearl set pendent; a silver heart shaped locket; etc (30)

Lot 1520

A rectangular arched top Sterling silver photograph frame, 1991; another, circular, stamped Vincenza, with bag (2)

Lot 1527

A Victorian silver openface pocket watch, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, key wind movement, signed neal Holt, Birmingham 1890, chrome outer case

Lot 1625

Silver Plate - napkin rings, flatware; etc

Lot 1405

A silver plated and cloisonne censor, floral decoration, turqoise ground, cast four character seal, 17cm high

Lot 1598

Jewellery - a pair of silver drop earrings; others, filigree, stone set, enamelled, abalone; etc.; quantity

Lot 1599

Jewellery - a butterscotch amber coloured oval bead necklace; another, enamelled silver and turquoise panel necklace; others, agate, rose quartz, mixed stone; etc.; quantity

Lot 1492

Boxes and Objects - a carved lava/basalt cameo brooch, Roman Emperor; a Battle of Arnhem ticket panel, made from crashed glider metal; a silver match box cover; etc. (6)

Lot 1502

A Chinese silver travelling censor, pierced body cast with dragons and phoenix, indistinctly marked, 5cm

Lot 1023

A Royal Crown Derby paperweight tortoise, gold stopper; three others, Duckling, gold stopper; Harest Mouse, gold stopper; Pheasant, silver stopper (4)

Lot 1259

An Art Deco Egyptian Assuit silver scaled and metal thread shawl/tabard, banded geometric motifs, wine ewers and figures, blue ground

Lot 1497

A continental silver baby rattle whistle, stamped 800, 13.5cm long

Lot 1617

Flatware - a silver three piece christening set, Sheffield, cased; others, silver plated, chrome; etc

Lot 1567

A craftsman made silver plate and peacock blue enamel bracelet; another similar; a conforming pair of clip earrings (3)

Lot 1514

A continental silver vesta, applied porcelain panel, Art Deco dancing girl, stamped 925

Lot 1644

A silver coloured metal two-handled lobed circular dish, probably low grade silver, monogrammed ME; a silver plated egg coddler with burner (2)

Lot 1628

Silver and Silver Plate - a Continental 925 silver small rectangular photograph frame; cased Royal Crown Derby 2451 Imari butter knife; EPNS flatware; etc.; quantity

Lot 1619

A silver napkin ring, silver butter knives, silver condiment spoon, two silver teaspoons; qty, other EP and stainless steel flatware; qty

Lot 1633

Jewellery - a malachite graduated bead necklace; another agate; a rose quartz and 800 silver necklace; others costume, brooches, bracelets etc qty

Lot 1610

A silver coaster dish, Asprey, London, 10cm diameter, 48g, boxed

Lot 1504

A continental silver gilt rectangular snuff box, planished decoration, stamped 925 and other indistinct marks

Lot 1532

Silver - a circular guilloche enamel topped pill box, Birmingham 1925; two silver napkin rings; etc. (4)

Lot 1210

A late 19th century/early 20th century cut glass globular scent botle and stopper, silver-mounted collar, rubbed marks, c. 1900; a pair of Victorian silver-mounted dimple glass bottles, rubbed marks, c. 1900; another pair, panelled square, moulded in low relief with hobnail pattern, rubbed marks, c. 1900; white metal mounted dressing table jars (2); glass bottles and stoppers (3), [10]

Lot 1360

A silver ARP badge; a Home Gardening Award Of Merit; etc

Lot 1561

An Art Nouveau style enamelled silver pair of earrings; a silver pendent modelled as a fairy on a chain (2)

Lot 1629

A silver cruet set, Birmingham hallmarks, 1901; another, mustard, 204g

Lot 1657

A pair of silver plated novelty table salts, cast as dog by bowl (2)

Lot 1577

A modernist silver necklace by Avi Soffer of Israel; a silver bracelet zoomorphic shaped links; a Polish silver modernist butterfly necklace (3)

Lot 1646

Silver - a George III caddy spoon, Eley, Fearn and Chawner, London 1813; a coronation spoon; others EPNS; a cased flatware set (quantity)

Lot 1593

A pair of silver Stephen Dweck dangly target earrings

Lot 1654

A pair of silver salad servers, Birmingham 1911, 129g

Lot 1589

Jewellery - a silver and malachite clover brooch; others, leaf; padlock heart; panel bracelet; bangle; etc.; another, nephrite bangle; etc.

Lot 1521

A silver cigarette case, Birmingham, 1924

Lot 1604

Silver Jewellery - a moonstone set fan shaped pendent; a greens tone set pendent necklace; a turquoise set silver ring; a mother of pearl set bangle; others similar

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