A mixed group of bronze finger rings, each with an ornamental or engraved bezel, including examples with crosses. 39.8 grams total, 18-27 mmFine condition.

European private collection, 1970-1980s.
London, UK, late 1990s.

A copper-alloy seal ring with discoid plaque engraved with a blundered legend, seemingly 'IC[ ]VVVI'. 4.08 grams, 20.91 mm overall, 18.14 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)

Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.

A mixed group of bronze buckles and buckle-frames, plaques and other fittings. 327 grams total, 16-54 mm

Found Suffolk.

A mixed group of iron door keys comprising: one with solid shank, lozengiform bow, rectangular bit with elaborate piercings and three wards; one with hollow shank, circular bow, long rectangular pierced bit and two long wards; one with solid shank, ellipsoid bow, rectangular pierced bit and three wards. 126 grams total, 10.5-13.6 cm

Acquired 1971-1972.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
Property of a London, UK, collector.

Cf. Pall, M., Schlüssel und Schlösser, Graz, 2012, items 1021, 5632, for type.

A copper-alloy ring composed of a slender hoop (now slightly misshaped), expanding at the shoulders to an oval bezel engraved with a stylised regardant beast within a dashed frame. 2.66 grams, 21.44 mm overall, 16.73 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)

Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.

A cruciform pendant with small lug to both corners of each arm; integral suspension loop. 7.58 grams, 47.5 mm

Acquired in the 1990s.
UK private collection.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.

A rectangular silver belt plate displaying an enigmatic niello motif; pierced twice for attachment. 6.21 grams, 38 mm

Essex gallery, early 2000s.

A large carved pale ochre limestone font in three sections comprising: a discoid stepped base, plain columnar shaft, and barrel-shaped bowl with incised circumferential rings to the outer face; available to view at our Harwich head office only. 299 kg total, 95 cmFine condition.

From Sussex, UK.
Private collection formed in the 1960s.
Oswestry, Shropshire, UK, collection.
Ex Howell collection.

Accompanied by an off-print: McClain, Aleksandra Baptism and Burial in Stone: Materializing Pastoral Care in Anglo-Norman England, Volume 7, 2018, p.10, fig.4, where it shows a very similar example of 12th century in date from Ellerburn Church.
Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00156424.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11412-193070.

Cf. a very similar 12th century font from Ellerburn, Ryedale, North Yorkshire in McClain, A., Baptism and Burial in Stone: Materializing Pastoral Care in Anglo-Norman England, Volume 7, 2018, p.10, fig.4; and a circular font bowl in Tollerton St. Peter, Southwell and Nottingham Church; another round font believed to be Norman or Anglo-Saxon in Lydford Church of St. Pedrock, Okehampton, West Devon; also see Zarnecki, G., Holt, J. & Holland, T., English Romanesque Art 1066-1200, London, 1984, for discussion.

A copper-alloy secular badge in the form of a turreted castle, with drawbridge below crenelated gateway, detailing to the windows and stonework; two attachment loops to the reverse. 3.6 grams, 25 mm

Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

A bronze archer's thumb ring comprising a tapering hoop and triangular plaque, three flanking bosses. 2.87 grams, 25.04 mm overall, 18.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)

Acquired early 2000s.
Property of a Birmingham, UK, collector.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

A pendant composed of a rectangular gold frame with rounded corners and suspension loop, with polished garnet insert. 0.35 grams, 9 mm

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

A wheel-thrown redware flask composed of a stout, piriform body, strap handle and pinched mouth, splayed foot; decorative lead glaze to the upper body; label to base: 'THE / HENRY SANDON / COLLECTION / E.140'. 745 grams, 22 cm highFine condition.

Ex Henry Sandon collection.
Brunk Auctions, 18 January 2014, lot 25 (part).
Ex central London gallery.

Accompanied by a copy of a previous typed catalogue page.