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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,940
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.jpg "The Siddington Impressive Anglo-Saxon Chip-Carved Saucer Brooch Pair")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A mixed group of mainly bronze thimbles including ring, beehive and other types 83 grams total, 12-20 mm
Found Suffolk.
Found Suffolk.
A coarse ceramic jug with squat body, steep shoulder, broad mouth pinched to form a pouring lip, thick strap handle to the rear. 1.4 kg, 16.7 cm high
Acquired 1971-1972.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
Cf. Saunders, P. (ed.), Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue: part 3, Salisbury, 2001 item 121, for type.
Acquired 1971-1972.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
Cf. Saunders, P. (ed.), Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue: part 3, Salisbury, 2001 item 121, for type.
A silver finger ring with hatched transverse bands to the equator, facetted shoulders with foliage detailing, octagonal bezel with incised running lion with tail raised beneath a star and crescent. 10.4 grams, 25.70 mm overall, 19.29 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 661, for type.
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 661, for type.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A mixed group of finger rings comprising various shapes and sizes, bezels with plain, geometric and floral designs. 46 grams total, 21-26 mmFine condition.
European private collection, 1970-1980s.
London, UK, late 1990s.
European private collection, 1970-1980s.
London, UK, late 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
A gold ring with slender round-section hoop and circular cell set with a polished garnet cabochon. 0.71 grams, 19.14 mm overall, 15.53 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £19
A mixed group of lead artefacts comprising weights, spindle whorls and other items, including a head of Fred Archer, 'best all-round jockey'. 955 grams total, 20-71 mmFair condition.
Found Wiltshire, UK.
Found Wiltshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
A mixed group of copper-alloy rings of various types and sizes, including examples set with glass cabochons, openwork shoulders, punched and incised geometric motifs, and a bezel dated '1898', amongst others. 34.9 grams total, 20-24 mm
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
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A mixed group including a bronze hand bell, shoe buckles, furnace slag, furniture fittings and other items. 790 grams total, 1.4-10.1 cmFair condition.
Found by John Harrison whilst searching with a metal detector in Lancashire or Cumbria, UK.
Found by John Harrison whilst searching with a metal detector in Lancashire or Cumbria, UK.
A copper-alloy dagger chape of with crescentic opening and knop finial, rectangular and circular voids to one face. 14.44 grams, 49 mm
Acquired in the 1970s.
Important European collection.
Acquired in the 1970s.
Important European collection.
A mixed group of bronze mounts and appliqués of various kinds. 166 grams total, 12-64 mm
Found Suffolk.
Found Suffolk.
A vesica-shaped lead seal matrix with fleur-de-lys and pellets to the reverse, central cinquefoil to the obverse and surrounding legend "+ S'MARIONGER[.]" (Seal of Marion Ger...). 15.9 grams, 31 mm
Found Suffolk, UK.
Found Suffolk, UK.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
A lead-alloy bifacial token with on one face a hatched sexfoil rosette within a pelletted border, and the other two opposed birds supporting a processional cross. 0.84 grams, 16 mm
Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985.
Albert Ward collection, Essex, UK.
Tokens of this type were used in taverns and similar establishments.
Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985.
Albert Ward collection, Essex, UK.
Tokens of this type were used in taverns and similar establishments.
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