A Group of 19th Century Photographs of Famous Scientists Including Prof. Owen, Comprising of a large studio portrait of Owen in his academic robes, his right hand resting upon the mounted skull of a member of the crocodile family, the image in an arched gold surround, inscribed below in gold: "MAULL & POLYBLANK. Photo. 55 Gracechurch Street, from the Maull & Polyblank series Photographic portraits of living celebrities, no.1 issued May 1856. along with an image of Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie (incorrectly penciled 'Sir David Brewster), and 2 others along with various bookplate engravings of Faraday & Richard Owen, a lot Sir Richard Owen, was a renowned British biologist and paleontologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1834. This honor was a testament to his exceptional contributions to the field of natural history. Throughout his career, Owen made significant discoveries and advancements in the study of comparative anatomy, paleontology, and evolution. He is best known for coining the term "dinosaur," and for his work in reconstructing and classifying extinct species. As a Fellow of the Royal Society, Owen joined the ranks of some of the most distinguished scientists in history. The Royal Society, founded in 1660, is a fellowship of scientists that aims to promote scientific research and discovery. Owen's election to the Royal Society was a well-deserved recognition of his scientific achievements, and his legacy continues to inspire generations of scientists and researchers to this day.
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John Lennon & Yoko Ono: A 'USA Surpasses All The Genocide' Poster, early 1970s, artwork by George Maciunas, printed on paper designed in the form of the US flag, with the stars replaced with skull and crossbones motifs. The red stripes are replaced with text proclaiming 'U.S.A. Surpasses All the Genocide Records!.' The poster bears the 'Lennon-Ono / Original Gallery AO / Certified / 1970 / to / 1974' blind stamp to lower right corner, 21 1/4in x 34 1/2in (54cm x 87.5cm) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Persian Steel Kulah Khud For A Boy Qajar, Late 19th Century With domed skull etched with four Persian bowmen on horseback hunting various animals in foliated landscapes, the rim bordered by ovoidal and circular panels containing Persian verses, fitted with threaded central spike of diamond section and retaining traces of silver-damascening, two plume-holders, adjustable nasal with flower-head shaped finials, and vandyked camail of small butted rings 24 cm. high For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 'Spanish' Morion Or Cabasset North Italian, Late 16th CenturyOf iron and made in one piece, with acid-cleaned almond-shaped skull with short flattened stalk at the top, the base of the skull encircled by holes for lining rivets (missing), the downturned brim with turned edge 18.5 cm. highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two Spanish Morions Or Cabassets North Italian, Late 16th CenturyEach of dulled grey iron and made in one piece, almond-shaped skulls each with short flattened stalk at the top, the base of each skull encircled by holes for lining rivets, one retaining twelve rivets each with brass washer embossed as a floret, the downturned brims with turned edge (2)21.5 cm. and 20 cm. highFootnotes:ProvenanceThe old Papal armoury, now in the Museo Storico Vaticano in the Lateran Palace, RomeThe dealers Fenton & Son, London, by 1919For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A German Black And White Comb MorionCirca 1600With two-piece skull with high turned comb and tubular plume-holder at the rear, embossed on each side with an arched band against a re-blackened ground, downturned brim pointed fore and aft and with turned edge, the base of the skull encircled by lining rivets (some missing), three retaining their rosette-shaped washer 27.5 cm. high Footnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms and Armour..., 20 April 2011, lot 226For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A German Black And White Comb MorionCirca 1600With two-piece skull with high roped comb, embossed on each side of the skull with a large fleur-de-lys in low relief, downturned brim curving up to a point fore and aft and with turned notch roped edge, the base of the skull encircled by lining rivets on brass rosette-shaped washers (one missing, some wear and loss of blackened finish, minor repairs) 24 cm. highFootnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms and Armour..., 29 April 2010, lot 243Of the type associated with the Munich Town Guard. The fleur-de-lys is the symbol of the Virgin Mary to whom the Munich Town Guard are dedicatedFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A German Black And White Comb Morion Probably For The Guard Of The Counts Khevenhüller Zu Aichelberg Circa 1580 With two-piece skull and high roped comb, embossed in low relief on each side with a bright acorn on a partly bright arched band interrupted by a blackened recessed panel, the downturned brim pointed fore and aft (one point slightly incomplete) with turned notch roped edge, the base of the skull encircled by lining rivets, three retaining their rosette-shaped washer (some loss of blackened finish) 30 cm. high Footnotes: Provenance Sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 19 July 2000, lot 208 A number of morions and burgonets are preserved in Hochosterwitz Castle, near Klogenfürt, Carinthia, the family home of the noble Austrian family Khevenhüller zu Aichelberg. See Stuart W. Pyhrr, European Helmets, 1450-1650, Treasures from the Reserve Collection, 2000, p. 32, no. 49 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A German Black And White Comb Morion Bearing The Arms Of The Cooper's Guild Brunswick Or Cologne, Circa 1600 With two-piece skull with high roped comb, embossed in low relief on each side with a hand-axe between a set of dividers framed within a circular repeated tongue border, all against a blackened ground, the base of the skull encircled by lining rivets each with pewter rosette-shaped washer, downturned brim curving up to a point fore and aft and with turned notch roped border, and with a pair of later cheek-plates 30.5 cm. high Footnotes: Provenance Christie's South Kensington, Arms And Armour, 18 June 2009, lot 87 For a related morion in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no. 28.195.1) with etched decoration and presumably intended for an officer of the Guild see Stuart W. Pyhrr, European Helmets, 1450-1650, Treasures from the Reserve Collection, 2000, p.33, No. 51 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Continental Horseman's Pot Mid-17th Century, Probably FlemishOf blackened steel, with rounded one-piece skull embossed with vertical ribs and flutes radiating downwards from a ring-shaped finial centred on flower-head shaped washer, the front with pointed rivetted peak with turned edge and pierced for an adjustable bar-nasal with finial pierced with a heart and working on a wing-headed screw, neck-guard of four upward-lapping plates each with waved upper edge, the bottom one drawn-out to a blunt point, triangular cheek-pieces each pierced with a star centred on six square-shaped piercings, the main edges turned and with dome-headed brass rivets throughout 28 cm. highFootnotes:ProvenanceBonhams Oxford, Antique Arms and Militaria, 13 May 2009, lot 365For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A European Cuirassier Helmet Probably Early 17th Century Of blackened russet steel, with fluted ovoidal two-piece skull (some denting) rising to a ring finial on a star-shaped washer, peaked fall with recessed turned edge and waved upper border, and upper-and lower-bevors all pivoted at the same points, the former with vision aperture with central flattened bar and turned, file-roped edge, pierced with three rectangular breaths on either side above a small star-shaped piercing, single neck-plate front and rear with recessed turned border, and bordered by dome-headed rivets 29 cm. high Footnotes: For a related helmet sold in these Rooms see Fine Antique Arms and Armour from the Henk L. Visser Collection, 28 November 2007, lot 161 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare French Officer's Pot Helmet Second Quarter Of The 17th Century Of blackened iron, with rounded two-piece skull with low turned comb flanked by slender double incised lines, the back of the skull (small hole on one side) with large elaborately pierced brass plume-holder surmounted by three fleur-de-lys and secured by rivetted brackets each pierced with two holes, the base of the skull, bluntly-pointed neck-guard of four simulated upward-lapping lames and pointed peak all with double incised line borders followed by a row of dome-headed brass rivets, two small brass fixed rings on the left side above the ear, and turned borders (some old rust patination) 18 cm. high Footnotes: For a very similar plume-holder on a French armour for a youth in the Musée de l'Armée see J-P. Riverseau, Armes et Armures de la Couronne au Musée de l'Armée, 2004, pp. 195 and 236 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An English Civil War Period Pikeman's Pot Helmet Mid-17th Century With rounded two-piece skull with low turned comb and encircled around the base of the skull with dome-headed lining rivets, the downturned brim with slightly recessed turned border with rivets en suite, and with browned finish over rust patination 21 cm. high For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Composite English Pikeman's Armour Circa 1640 Of blackened iron, comprising a pot helmet with two-piece rounded skull with low turned comb, the base of the skull with a row of dome-headed rivets between incised lines, the downturned brim with recessed turned border with rivets en suite and struck with the mark of the London Armourer's Company, crowned 'IR' mark (James II armoury mark) and maker's initials 'F' of John Frankling (some rivets missing, peaks damaged), gorget of two plates each with turned borders, the front plate with maker's mark 'WC' of William Crouch, breast-plate with medial ridge drawn-out to a point above the skirt, turned and gilt at the line engraved neck and arms, and struck beneath the former with maker's mark 'ID', possibly of John Dawston, together with a further crowned 'IR' arsenal mark, back-plate shaped to the back and also struck with crowned 'IR' mark, rectangular tassets each of six simulated upward-lapping lames and with turned gilt borders, riveted hinges, and two pivot-hook and pin catches for later adjustable shoulder-straps reinforced with riveted plates: on an adjustable wooden stand mounted on a black painted wooden plinth Footnotes: Provenance H.M. Tower of London Tiverton Castle, Sotheby's Summers Place, Antique Arms and Armour, 7 December 1998, lot 3011 A number of similar armours with contemporary munition finish and gold painted borders and rivets are in the Royal Armouries, Leeds. For further information regarding the makers and their marks see Thom Richardson, The London Armourers Of The 17th Century, 2004, passim For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Persian Steel Kulah Khud, A Bazu Band, And Five Indian Dhals All 19th Century The first Qajar and with domed skull etched overall with seated Persian figures in contemporary costume between rays emanating from the top, the rim bordered by ovoidal calligraphic panels, the front embossed and etched as a demon's (Div) face, fitted with horns, central spike of diamond section, nasal, two plume-holders, and vandyked camail of butted rings (some losses, surface rust overall); the second shaped to the fore-arm and flared out over the wrist, the outer surface encrusted with engraved silver foliage on three cartouche-shaped panels, all against a ground of chiselled flowering foliage within borders en suite (wrist-plates and liner missing); the last each of convex circular form, and with applied rim and four bosses, two damascened with silver foliage and with applied serpentine riband bordered by applied brass vines, one set with turquoise and red coral (corallium rubrum) beads, each retaining its fabric liner, the remainder retaining some silver-damascened decoration, one with padded red velvet liner, and one retaining its fabric liner (all with some wear and surface rust patination) (7) 24 cm. high, 35 cm. long and 23 cm. diam. to 36 cm. diam. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Victorian Governor or Inspector of Military Prisons Blue Cloth Helmet. A good example, the skull complete with all gilt metal fittings, the frontal plate bearing the Royal Coat of Arms, with top inside inscribed ‘W Silver, Cornhill, London’, complete with inner leather sweat band and velvet lined chin chain, minor service wear, good condition £240-£280
A Lothian and Berwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry Officer’s 1871 Pattern Helmet. A fine example c.1888-1901, the silvered skull with gilt fittings, the ornate frontal plate with crowned thistle sprays, silvered Garter motto and gilt Thistle star, below four scroll unit title, correct pattern plume holder and quadrant, white horse hair plume, large gilt rose pattern side ornaments, velvet lined chin chain, inner leather sweat band and silk lining replaced, otherwise very good condition £1,000-£1,400
A Royal Berkshire Yeomanry Cavalry Officer’s 1871 Pattern Helmet. A fine example c.1888-1901, the silvered skull with gilt fittings, the ornate frontal plate with gilt beaded star, silvered title belt ‘Royal Berks Yeomanry Cavalry’ with gilt Arms of Hungerford to the centre, correct pattern plume holder and quadrant, white horse hair plume, large gilt rose pattern side ornaments, velvet lined chin chain, inner quilted sweat band and silk lining complete, very good condition £1,000-£1,400
A Household Cavalry Officer’s 1817-32 Pattern Helmet. A scarce example, the silvered skull complete with gilt fittings, laurel spray overlays, the gilt frontal plate with crowned Garter motto, Royal Arms and Prince of Wales Plumes, with battle honours ‘Peninsula, Waterloo’, ornate lions head side ornaments with linked leather lined chin scales and inner leather sweat band, minor service wear, the replacement bearskin crest in poor condition, the helmet itself in good condition for age £1,800-£2,200
A 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers Other Ranks Full Dress Lance Cap. A good example c.1901-14, black leather skull with trencher top, sewn red side panels with yellow cloth waist band, similar red rosette plume, the frontal plate with Battle Honours to ‘South Africa 1899-1902’, falling black plume with holder, leather backed chin chain, inner sweat band, split to yellow cloth of the waist band, otherwise good condition £300-£400
Boer war period silver mounted walnut box with carved skull and snake momento mori mounted to the lid. Internal plaque bears the inscription: "Captian Donald Stewart CMG from the officers of The Fra-Fra Punitive Expedition Sapari, July 18th '99". Silver mounts hallmarked London 1896. 19.5cm x 11.5cm x 10cm.
An Ottoman gold-damascened steel helmet Turkey, 16th Century and laterthe conical steel skull rising to a button finial cut with flutes, and retaining traces of original gold damascening overall, brim with applied brass border embossed with roundels and pierced for the avantail of riveted and split rings, later adjustable nasal bar 21.5 cm. highFootnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, Fine Antique Guns, 24 November 1999, lot 83.Private UK collection.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P. Displaying the skull with at least 33 teeth surviving in the upper and lower jaw, many with remains of enamel, alongside the remains of at least 15 of the animal's vertebrae; a juvenile on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 19.7 kg, 62 cm wide (24 1/2 in.). From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11722-197505. Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.
Circa 1560 A.D. An armet with rounded one-piece skull raising to a roped medial comb, visor, prow shaped upper bevor and bevor attached by common pivots, each secured at the right side by a spring-catch, the visor with stepped centrally divided visor-slit and two gorget-plates. Cf. Mauro, M., Armeria della Rocca, mostra di armi antiche, Ancona, 1989, no.1, for similar.2 kg, 31 cm high (12 1/4 in.). Acquired on the European art market. The Kusmirek Collection, UK.Accompanied by a copy of an invoice. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11767-203981. The term armet is generally used to denote a visored helmet of particular construction, one in which large cheekpieces are hinged to the base of the bowl just above the ears and close in front of the chin. From about 1515 A.D., the Germans produced a variant armet where the downward extension of the skull was made much wider, reaching as far forward as the ears. The cheekpieces on this type of helmet opened sideways, on vertical hinges on the edges of this wider neck element. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.]
South Germany, probably Augsburg, circa 1500-1520 A.D. Intended for a religious statue, with foot-shaped recesses to the top face; the left side with a painted polychrome scene comprising Saint Jerome and Saint Ambrose with Saint Michael holding a sword and scales for weighing souls; the right side painted with a scene comprising Saint Gregory the Great, Saint Augustine and Saint John the Evangelist; both scenes set with gilt architectural frame; the reverse with the Holy Spirit depicted as a dove. Cf. for similar style of painting Cuneo, P.F., ‘The Basilica Cycle of Saint Katherine's Convent: Art and Female Community in Early-Renaissance Augsburg’ in Woman's Art Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Spring - Summer, 1998), pp. 21-25, figs.1-3; see also Christ and Mary as intercessors before God the Father, painting of Hans Holbein the Elder, in Bavarian State Painting Collection, inventory no. L.1507.1.95 kg, 16.5 cm high (6 1/2 in.). Ex Julius Böhler Ltd, Munich, Germany, 2000. Ex central London gallery.Accompanied by an academic report by 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.11741-202052. The base probably housed a statue of Christ. The painting, although mannerist, reflects the style of the Germanic Renaissance. The saints surrounding the dove are easily recognisable by their attributes. St Jerome as a penitent was often represented in front of a crucifix, next to him the hourglass and the skull, symbolising fleeing time leading to death. St Ambrose is represented with his whip, defending people from the enemies of the faith. St Michael is holding the sword and balance and St Augustine is represented with the child who appeared to him on the seashore admonishing him. Many representations from the Middle Ages show Pope St Gregory the Great (of a noble family and pontiff from 590 to 604) with the Dove of the Holy Spirit perched on his shoulder. St John the Evangelist is represented here according to the golden legend of Jacopo da Varazze, with a snake and a chalice. [No Reserve] [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.]
1700-1750 A.D. Displaying large flower heads, foliage and a skull to the outer face, enhanced with black enamelling; interior inscribed in a cursive script 'In god alone wee two are one', together with possible maker's stamps 'D' and 'F' in two rectangular cartouches. Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1961,1202.385, for a similar design; cf. Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, OUP, 1931, p.57, for a very similar inscription.4.68 grams, 19.21 mm overall, 15.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J 1/2, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9) (3/4 in.). Found whilst searching with a metal detector on 11th June 2021 by Mr Graham Higgins, near Hatford, Oxfordshire, UK.Accompanied by a copy of the report for HM Coroner by the Finds Liason Officer (FLO) for the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) for Oxfordshire under Treasure reference number OXON-FBF56A. Accompanied by a copy of the letter from HM Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire disclaiming the Crown's interest in the find. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.]
Dated 1707 A.D. Composed of a gently convex hoop engraved with a skull, the interior inscribed in cursive script: 'Wm Taylor obt 28 Apr 1707', followed by an unidentified maker's stamp 'TP'(?) within rectangular cartouche. Cf. The British Museum, museum number AF.1542, for a similar skull on a ring of a similar date.2.54 grams, 21.03 mm overall, 19.34 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19) (3/4 in.). Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection, Essex, UK.[No Reserve] [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.]
21st century A.D. Comprising a pivoting visor, one piece skull raising to a small medial comb and fitted at the nape with a plume holder, flower-shaped pivots, front and rear gorget formed of a single plate. Cf. a similar combat helm in Pyhrr, S.W., Of Arms and men, Arms and Armour at the Metropolitan 1912-2012, New York, 2012, fig,6.3.9 kg, 37 cm high (14 1/2 in.). The Kusmirek Collection, UK. The helmet is a reproduction of a foot-combat helm, or great bascinet, used between the end of 15th and the first half of 16th century in the battles and tournaments. A similar helmet is that of Sir Giles Capel (1485-1556), a prominent figure at Henry VIII's court. These helmets were characterised by a unique rounded pierced visor with (here 60) slots for sight and ventilation. Helmets of this massive size and distinctive type were intended for foot-combat, a sporting contest fought by two fully armoured warriors armed with poleaxes, spears or swords. However, in this reproduction the visor has been mounted upon a separated collar.
Circa 1800 A.D. Comprising a slender hoop with shell-shaped shoulders, hinged oval bezel with secret compartment revealing a silvered skull framed by turquoise cabochons, the eyes set with diamonds or other stones; accompanied by a ring box. Cf. Oman, C.C., British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974, plate 90(D), for ring with compartment in which to place a lock of hair, etc.3.95 grams, 20.00 mm overall, 16.20 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8) (3/4 in.). Acquired from Berganza, Hatton Garden, London, 2016. Property of an East Sussex collector.Accompanied by a copy of the Berganza invoice. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11666-197585. Likely a ring of the memento mori genre.
Original vintage Soviet Cold War period anti-American and anti-Israeli propaganda poster - For Mercenaries in Indochina For Anti-Soviet Provocateurs - featuring cartoon style illustrations depicting a mercenary wearing a skull and crossbones on a green cap and an Israeli soldier wearing the Star of David on a blue cap at the top and a wealthy American businessman smoking a cigar and wearing a suit and top hat below, surrounded with symbols of US imperialism including a Ku Klux Klan hood, a military helmet and a colonial hat with a gold dollar sign, pound money sign and black and white swastika hanging from a chain on his waistcoat, set against a blue background with the text against a yellow background. Very good condition, faint creases in margins. Country of issue: Russia, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 95x55, year of printing: 1971.
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