Comprising blades and handles of various dates and styles, including examples with decorative elements. 860 grams total, 9.5-18 cm

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.

Obv: profile bust right with GEORGIUS III D G REX incuse legend; Rev: Britannia seated left with BRITANNIA 1797 incuse legend; converted into a patch box with obverse gilded. 56.39 grams, 41 mm

Acquired in 2010.
From the collection of a North American gentleman.

S. 3775; Scott -.

Bicorn hat and epaulettes, the left hand side of the bicorn bears a black cockade, with twisted gold bullion wires on both front and back ends, edges are finished with black brocade featuring a continuous oakleaves and acorns, inside is lined with white silk and cream coloured leather ‘sweat band’; together with its original early Japanned tin hat box with brass handle and plaque engraved 'Capt'n T L Massie R.H.', and crowned arms engraved 'Portsmouth'. 1.8 kg, 50 cm

Acquired from M D L Historic Military Antiques.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.

Accompanied by a copy of listing and biographical information.

Leeke was born at Coddington Hall, Cheshire, on 20th October 1802. He entered the navy in 1818, serving in the Mediterranean on board HMS Rochfort, and later on different ships. Leeke was promoted to lieutenant in 1827, was made commander on Queen Victoria's coronation on 28th June 1838, and to second captain in March 1840, and, for the part he played in the capture of Acre during the Oriental Crisis, he was promoted to captain in 1841. In 1849 Leeke was appointed to HMS Cleopatra which he commanded in the East Indies and China during the Second Anglo-Burmese War. In 1854 he commissioned HMS Powerful, becoming rear-admiral in 1860, vice-admiral in 1866 and admiral in 1872. He died in 1898.

Together with decorative designs, comprising bowls of various shapes and dates; together with a number of stems. 1.2 kg total, 3.3-13.5 cm

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.

Comprising: one with scaphoid bezel, intaglio figure of Hermes; one wire with spiral bezel; one with serpent heads supporting a rectangular bezel with pellets; one with flat hoop, round bezel with bull mask. 26 grams total, 18-28 mmFine condition.

Acquired since the 1970s.
Private collection of a gentleman from Vienna, Austria.

Composed of amethyst beads of various types; hook clasp. 45.2 grams, 46 cm long

Ex W.J. collection, 1990s.

Depicted crowned and nimbate in a central panel, the bust of the Virgin encased in a medallion with a cross pendant, with inside the Holy Spirit under shape of dove and with nimbus, four nimbate figures of Saint Anna, Saint Basil the Great, Saint Simeon and another Saint below; text in the fields. 796 grams, 28 cmThe timber shows some old insect flight holes and we are advised that this piece has been recently treated with Permthrin, as a precaution.

Ex French gallery, Paris.

Various, Katalog, Icons, Archangel Cathedral, Moscow Kremlin, XIV - early XX century, Moscow, 2016, cat.13, p.139; 22, p.169; 32, p.206.

The rare Marian iconographic typology is called ''Mother of God who softens sick hearts', where she carries the Holy Spirit on her breast, represented by a dove emitting rays of light. In particular, it is a variant of the Madonna Odighitria. Both the mother and the child are depicted as the queen and king of the universe: the Virgin wears a crown on her head and holds the Child, who is also blessing with the right hand.

Formed with a squat bulbous body composed of decorative vertical ribbing, everted collar (detached) to one face and a circular hole to the centre of the other. 44 grams total, 33-49 mm

The Kusmirek Collection, UK.

Worked in the round from deciduous wood, a classical composition seated on a cloud base, polychrome paint. 3.1 kg, 41.5 cm high

From a German collection.
Ex Nagel auctions, Stuttgart, Germany.

Comprising a folded length of thin leather or vellum, with lines of Ge'ez text in black and red ink, coloured figural illuminations at the top depicting the winged Archangel Michael brandishing a sword, wearing a richly decorated lembd as a covering cloak. 32 grams, 35 cm

Stephen Keynes collection (1927-2017).
Ex central London gallery.

See Heldman, M., Munro-Hay Stuart, C., African Zion, The sacred art of Ethiopia, Yale University Press, 1993, pp.65, 72.

Ethiopian phylacteries or parchment scrolls combined apotropaic prayers and images. These ‘magic scrolls’ utilise only a few designs that derive from Christian imagery, namely the holy rider, the sword-bearing angel Michael, and the cross. Here the text asks intervention and protection from Saint Michael, commander of the heavenly Host. Interestingly, the accoutrement of the Angel reflects that of the military Ethiopian elite in 19th century A.D.

Composed of chamfered coin-shaped beads together with annular beads, interspersed with gold-coloured spacer beads. 36.8 grams, 63 cm long

Ex W.J. collection, 1990s.

Rectangular with lead cames and suspension loops at the upper angles, depicting a hospital scene with richly-attired female tending the sick and wounded in beds and litters with bowls, dishes, cloths and sundry medical equipment. 159 grams, 18 cm wide

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.