15th-16th century A.D. A gold ring comprising a D-section hoop with heart-shaped panel to the underside, round bezel with hexafoil panel and triangular void enclosing a historic, very early cut diamond. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 675, for type; see also Boardman, J. & Scarisbrick, D. The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings, London, 1977, item 171, for type. 9.22 grams, 26 mm overall, 18.14 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.16 Japan 12) (1 in). European collection, formed in the 1960s and 1970s. Acquired from a London gallery in the late 1980s. Property of a North American collector. Previously in a UK collection. Accompanied by a geological report No.TL005180 by geology consultant Dr R. L. Bonewitz. Accompanied by an independent specialist report and valuation by a graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert ref. no.0586/02/06/2020. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.10615-173081. Dr. Ronald Bonewitz notes: 'This stone can be considered ‘historic’ in that it illustrates the earliest efforts at actually re-shaping the stone rather than just polishing the natural faces, as was done previously. Not only that, at this time facets were placed more or less at random, but this stone was very deliberately cut into a proper geometric shape. It is an early and rather splendid example of the evolving diamond-cutter's art.' [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website] Very fine condition.
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. A mixed group of nine meteorite specimens mounted on custom-made display stands, held in collector's cases or in collector's bags, each accompanied by a metal identification tag or other identifying label: 'Uruacu, Goias, Brazil, found 1992. Iron. Octahedrite, coarse (IAB) total known weight-72.5 kg'; 'Taza (NWA 859), Morocco, found 2000, Iron. Plessitic octahedrite (UNGR), total known weight-200 kg'; 'NWA 869 North West Africa, found 2000 or 2001, Chondrite L4-6, S3, 2MT, W1, 38.70 g, individual'; 'Canyon Diablo, Coconino County, Arizona, USA, found 1891, Iron. Octahedrite, coarse (IAB), total known weight > 30,000 kg'; 'Gao-Guenie, Gourounsi, Burkina Faso, Africa, Fell 1960, March 5, 1700 hours, Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H5), total known weight >300 kg'; 'NWA 6422, found 2010, Chondrite L3.5, S2, 310g, W1, 13.09g, full slice'; 'Camel Donga, Nullarbor Plain, W Australia, fell January 1984, Monomict Eucrite, >25kg, 10.67g, individual'; 'Unclassified poss CV3, Morocco, found 2009, Chondrite Pos CV3, 37.02g, individual'; 'Seymchan, Magadan Oblast, Russia, found June 1967, Pallasite PMG, 380 kg, 3.84g, part slice.' 232 grams total, 1.5-5 cm wide (300 grams total including stands) (5/8 - 2 1/4 in). Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. All accompanied by either an identification card or aluminium identification tag. [9, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Jurassic Period, c.180 million years B.P. A good size British ichthyosaur fossil skull with orbital eye sockets in limestone matrix. 9.4 kg, 22 cm (8 5/8 in). North Yorkshire Coast, UK. Stone Treasures, Midlands, UK, 2013. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Late Cretaceous Period, 82-73 million years B.P. A fossil crocodile skull from an extinct species, probably from the genus Deinosuchus. 8.35 kg, 51 cm long (20 in). Florida, USA. Stone Treasures, Midlands, UK, 2006. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Jurassic Period, c.200 million years B.P. A very large fossil ammonite Paracoroniceras sp. showing well preserved ribs; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 18 kg, 42.5 cm high (16 3/4 in). Lyme Regis, Jurassic Coast, Dorset, UK. Stone Treasures, Midlands, UK, 2006. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
. A huge museum-quality aquamarine beryl specimen. 2.46 kg, 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in). From a secret Namibian mine. Stone Treasures, Midlands, UK, 2017. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. Accompanied by an old Stone Treasures information ticket. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
4th-3rd century B.C. A green glass intaglio with winged gryphon advancing left; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 3.04 grams, 22 mm (7/8 in). UK private collection before 2000. UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. Dr Bonewitz notes: 'An unusual glass. This was probably more prized than stone.' Fine condition.
1st-2nd century A.D. A bronze lamp with elongated body, a long splayed and fluked nozzle with rounded tip and circular wick hole; flat rim around the body and the nozzle; D-section handle curving forward from the rear and terminating in a tragic theatrical mask with a palmette below the mask, the hair dressed in stylised ringlets, two raised cones on the brow and a wig with tripartite horns pointing backwards; raised basal ring. See Boucher, S., Inventaire des Collections Publiques Françaises - 17 Vienne: Bronzes Antiques, Paris, 1971, fig.401; Bailey, D.M., A catalogue of the lamps in the British Museum, IV, Lamps of metal and stone, and lampstands, London, 1996, no.Q3669, for similar. 622 grams, 19 cm long (7 1/2 in). German art market before 2000. With a European gentleman living in the UK. Property of a Surrey gentleman. The lamp belongs to the typology of the elongated lamps with splayed and fluked nozzles. Single-stemmed lamps of this category often terminate with a tragic mask motif. Various examples came from all corners of the Roman Empire, although the quality of the work points towards a South-Italic or even Roman workshop. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website] Fine condition.
SPREAT, W - Picturesque Sketches of the Churches of Devon : Drawn From Nature and on Stone : Vignette lithograph title-page, 71 lithograph plates by Spreat, rebound in plain buckram, lettered in gilt on the spine, oblong folio, W. Spreat, 1842.With - Britton & E. W. Brayley, E.W, Devonshire & Cornwall Illustrated, 2 county maps with vignettes, 2 vignette engraved title pages, 138 views on 69 steel engraved plates, some light foxing mainly to margins, 19th cent, diced gilt calf, 4to, 1832.(2)
BROADE, Thomas - A Touch-Stone for a Christian. Wherein is shewed, How a Man May know whether he be the Temple of the Holy Ghost ... (etc) : With A Christians Warre .., (etc), calf boards detached, 12mo, printed by John Haviland, 1627. With an incomplete 17th cent. religious book. * sold with all faults not subject to return(2)
Mobile Missile Launcher Kits, a boxed group, 1:72 scale Revell 03303 Topol SS-25 Sickle, Zvezda 5028 Iskander-M SS-26 'STONE', 5003 Topol SS-25 Sickle, ARII 1:48 scale A681-2000 Patriot Missile M901, A585-2400 Al Hussein SS-1C, A687-2400 Scale Board SS-12, A688-2400 Scud-B R-17, Model Collect UA72301 Rheintochter 1 and Revell 1:35 scale 00020 Corporal Missile Launcher (2), 1:69 scale 00010 German A4, all appear complete but unchecked, G-E, boxes F-E, (11)
Collection of 1960s and later Plastic Animal Figures and other items, Model Toys Ltd, Prussian Infantry, French Cavalry, Confederate Soldiers and Wild West Cowboys, in original boxes, VG, boxes P-F, quantity of Plastic Farm and wild animals by Britains and Hong Kong Makers, Elephant, Cows, Sheep, Horses, Pigs, Penguin, Bear, Kangaroo, Hippo , Lions, Monkey, Camels and others, Britains Vehicle Loads Sacks, in original box, unboxed Milk Churns, Scarecrow, small quantity or Britains Floral Garden including flower beds, stone walls and hedges, fleece lined Zebra and Tiger, T-Rex, Wakouma Donkey, P-G (qty)
Miscellaneous Wargaming Figures and scenery by various Makers, EG54 Horse and Cart, US Civil War or Napoleonic Figures (19), two small boxes of Shoguns (mounted), Front Rank Wellington and Napoleon (mixed sizes), Valhalla 28mm Viking Warband figures (15), in original video box, small box of approx. 20 figures, possibly Napoleonic mixture, Minifigs 12mm Napoleonic Set, Langley 1940's White Wedding set and Squadron Range large scale Pioneer Devon & Dorset Regiment figure kit, various Stone walling, Hovels Farm buildings and Hay Stacks, all in various packs, generally VG-E, packaging G-VG (qty)
FRANCE, Foundation of the Quai Desaix, Paris, 1800, a bronze medal, unsigned, inscription in seven lines, rev. inscription in six lines, 42mm (Bramsen 68); together with other early 19th century French bronze medals (3) [4]. Mostly extremely fine or nearly so £80-£100 --- This medal commemorates the laying of the first stone of the Quai Desaix (now the Quai de la Corse) on the Ile de la Cité in Paris. It was named after General Desaix who was killed in a cavalry charge at the Battle of Marengo on 14 June 1800
A Victorian amethyst brooch, the oval amethyst in scrolling yellow metal frame, stone 2.9cm x 2cm, brooch 5.5cm x 5cm approximately 17g gross, CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request, the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection
An amethyst three-stone ring set in 18ct gold, size L, approximately 8.4gm and three gem set dress rings, one in 14k gold the other in 9ct gold CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request, the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection
A diamond stick pin, the claw set stone approximately 3.9mm diameter, 1.4g in a fitted case CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request, the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection
A diamond solitaire ring, the cushion-shaped stone claw set to an 18ct yellow gold shank with split shoulders, size 0, approximately 4.5gm CONDITION REPORT: Clarity SI1-SI2. Diamonds bright and lively. Colour hard to assess owing to yellow metal. Good condition. Diameter approx. 6.2mm. There is a small chip just under the girdle. Otherwise good.
A diamond solitaire ring, sponsors mark T & B, set in 18ct yellow gold, size K, a Victorian diamond ring, the single stone gypsy set to an 18ct yellow gold band, size P, a five-stone ring in an 18ct gold scroll setting (one stone missing) and a diamond illusion ring set with two stones, total weight approximately 8.8gm CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request, the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection
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