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A Collection of Six Pen and Fruit Knives to include a Silver Bladed Fruit Knife, Sheffield Hallmark, a Double Bladed Blue Agate Type Penknife, a Mother of Pearl Double Bladed Penknife by Wade of Sheffield, Number 82, A Carved Mother of Pearl Handled Pen Knife, a White Metal Filigree Type Handle Pen Knife by James Rogers and a Horn Handled Example with White Metal Inset Shield by Milner and Co, Sheffield
3rd-4th century AD. A silver ring with carinated hoop, conical shoulders with deep flutes ending in scrolls, raised oval cell set with intaglio jasper gemstone bearing profile bust of an emperor or young Hercules left, a diadem bound with two ribbons behind neck; a marriage. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Bulgaria, 1991, items 210-212 and 254-256; see Demandt, A., Engemann, J., Imperator Caesar Flavius Constantinus - Konstantin der Grosse, Mainz, 2007, for discussion on the Constantine portraits. 24.42 grams, 30.67mm overall, 20.79mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14) (1 1/4"). From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; from her collection formed 1960s-1990s. Fine condition. A large wearable size.
Early 2nd century AD. A silver ring with D-section hoop with expanding arms and shoulders, bezel with oval recess set with an octagonal carnelian gemstone inscribed in two lines in Greek 'EP / MOY' (of Ermos"). Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 290-291, for type. 9.02 grams, 23.01mm overall, 17.28mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9) (1"). From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; from her collection formed 1960s-1990s. In Greek mythology, Hérmos was a deity who inhabited the homonymous river (the present Gediz) located in the ancient region of Lidia (present-day Turkey"). Ermos succeeded Hérmos as a common Greek name, used here on a signet ring. Fine condition, hoop split.
2nd-3rd century AD. A silver ring with D-section hoop, expanding at the shoulders to a raised oval bezel, set with a later rock crystal intaglio gemstone bearing a male bust left, with semi-naturalistic detailing to the face and hair, wearing a helmet. 18.62 grams, 27.51mm overall, 23.22mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19) (1"). European art market in the 2000s. UK private collection. Property of a Surrey gentleman. Fine condition. A large wearable size.
2nd century AD. A bronze figure of Hercules standing nude with lionskin mantle to the left shoulder, club supported on the left arm, right arm held forward with hand absent, short hair with fillet to the brow and thick beard; twisted silver torc to the neck; standing on a rectangular tiered base with stub legs. Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 105, for type. 500 grams, 16.5cm (6 1/2"). English art market 1983. Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 14 May 2003, lot 313. Cahn Auktionen AG, Basle, Switzerland, 5 November 2011, lot 208. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.11038-183986. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.] Very fine condition.
3rd-4th century AD. A bronze octagonal lamp of squat profile, three splayed feet and long handle with small thumb-guard; the spout formed as an elephant's head with raised hollow trunk, ears pulled back; domed hinged lid surmounted by an eagle with spread wings, strong hooked beak and pellet eyes, feather detailing to the wings and legs. 1.2 kg, 27cm (10 1/2"). Acquired in the 1990s. Private US collection. Pierre Bergé & Associés, Archéologie, Paris, 29 November 2014, lot 239. Private New York collection. Northern Ireland collection. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Pierre Bergé catalogue pages. Oil lamps in antiquity were made from a variety of materials, including gold, silver, lead, bronze, and ceramics. In Rome, an oil lamp was originally called a lychnus, from the Greek ??????, with the oldest Roman lamps dating back to the 3rd century BC. In the age of the Roman Empire, it became customary to use lamps at funeral ceremonies and for public purposes. Over time, the manufacture of lamps increased in volume as a result of their wide variety of domestic applications. The variety of decorative motifs also increased, influenced primarily by the shape and size of any given lamp.[A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.] Fine condition.
1st-3rd century AD. A bronze handled surgeon's knife comprising a leaf-shaped blade, handle with grid decoration to one face, narrowing at one corner, coiling around to the reverse, forming a snake with scale detailing and a head with recessed circular eyes. See Milne, J.S., Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times, Oxford, 1907, pls. XI, no,2,4, for medical tools with identical snakes. 59.4 grams, 19.5cm long (7 3/4"). North American collection, 1990s-2000s. Property of a Surrey gentleman. The snake, symbol of Asklepios, god of health and medicine, was often embossed and represented on medical instruments and tools. In the Mainz Museum there is a medicine box on the lid of which is inlaid a snake coiled round a tree, the tree and the snake’s body being outlined in copper and the snake’s head in silver. The serpent is sometimes represented on medical implements. A uterine dilator from Pompeii is also decorated with it. A probe surmounted by a double serpent (caduceus form) was found in the Roman Hospital at Baden. Fine condition.
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