A fragment of amorphous form, decorated in relief with scrolling tendrils and anthemion, painted egg-and-dart ornament above, surmounted by moulded bands and a frieze of meander and chequerboard panels; remains of red and black painted pigment.

Formed as the bust of Eros looking upwards, stub wings to his shoulders, holding a goose to his chest; conical socket above each wing; eyes with silver inserts; old collector's label '1994 51.75' to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand; likely a socket base.

Comprising a rectangular plate, richly decorated with embossed laurel leaves in a grid, framed with raised bosses, the buckle loop comprising opposing dragons with open mouths, holding a spherical tongue-rest, another pair of smaller dragon heads to base, the tongue with a smaller pair of punch-decorated dragon heads.

Hemispherical in form, repoussé interior displaying graduated concentric registers of stylised and mythical animals within tessellating cartouches; a low relief mesomphalos decorated with rosette at centre; geometric ornament around the rim.

Displaying a corrugated rim above and below; two advancing soldiers, each striding forwards over the headless body of a dead enemy, carrying a severed head in each hand; the soldiers shown bearded and each wearing a pointed and segmented helmet with a recess to accommodate the ears, a cuirass and thigh-length tunic, with a bow over one shoulder and a sword slung from a waist belt; mounted on a custom-made display stand.

Of penannular form with expanded sections at the centre and to both shoulders.

Comprising a rectangular headplate with two panels of chip-carved Style I ornament, flanking a beast-head with triangular muzzle and two pellet eyes, raised three-sided frame and outer band of pellets above beast-heads with lentoid eyes; the shallow bow with raised median rib, flanges to the edges and punched pellet detailing; footplate with beast-head between curved pellet lines, pierced horse-head lappets, lozengiform central panel with knot of Style I limbs; two lateral discs, one pierced to accept a stud and the other with a domed stud in place; the finial a disc with human mask inverted; pin-lug and part of catch to the reverse.

Displaying chased panels populated with Style I zoomorphs and geometric forms, borders of annulets, raised masks to the upper corners of the headplate; applied discoid boss to bow decorated with a rosette, addorsed beast heads below; extensive remains of gilding; pin lug and catchplate to reverse and remains of ancient repair, lower part absent.

Comprising a round-section crescent with flared ends terminating in two curved spatulate flat panels, each with a ropework border surrounding a two-band knotwork motif; cleaned and conserved.

The weeping Virgin with her head bowed to the left and hands raised to her chest on a dotted gilt background, an expression of pain on her delicately formed face; wearing a white veil and a black long-sleeved robe, the veil arranged as a headdress and covering her hair; on wood and mounted in a later carved wooden architectural frame.

Shown beneath an arcade, offering his cloak on the end of his sword to the beggar at his feet; polychrome detailing; repaired with lead cames and held in a wooden frame.

Composed from irregular painted panels bearing mainly foliage designs and figural elements; Mary crowned and enthroned with infant Jesus on her knee, in a lobed vesica-shaped panel held with lead cames; mounted in a wooden frame with modern replacements.

Carved in the half-round with a frieze composed of interlaced foliage with two rows of acanthus leaves and foliage scrolls, framing a lion's head on one side and a human head on the other, remains of lion's mane to the third; drilled holes to the raised surfaces and sockets for the insertion of decorative stones.

The bar with central D-shaped block pierced vertically by a stud surmounted by the suspension loop, with four pierced flanges to the underside; the frame in two sections, the larger a U-shaped rod with pivot for the bar, the smaller pivoting within the inner face, both pierced on the inner face; the block inscribed to one face with capital S and to the other with intersecting Vs; the bar inscribed to one face in capitals 'A DOMINI TECVM' and to the other in coarsely incised capitals 'AVEMARIA G[R]ACIAPLE[NA]'; the smaller rod inscribed in capitals 'CREATOREN CELI ET TERRE ET IN [IES]VN'; the larger inscribed with a band of scrolled decoration and the text in Lombardic capitals 'SOLI DEO HONOR ET GLORIA'; the accompanying letter discusses the texts (1) Ave Maria G[r]acia ple[n]a Dominus Tecum 'Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord [is] with thee'; (2) Soli Deo Honor et Gloria 'Honour and glory to God alone'; (3) Creatorem celi et terrae et inferum 'creator of heaven and earth and in Jesus'. The intersecting Vs may form a monogram for A[ve] M[aria]; the 1847 letter describes the findspot as 'found at Kirkleavington near Yarm in the sill of a brook' in the North Riding of Yorkshire.

Gold hoop and discoid bezel with incuse ropework border; incuse image of a bird of prey perching with wings spread and head turned; blackletter incuse and reversed inscription in an arc above the bird's head and pinions '·al : for : ye : best ·' (all for the best); repair to hoop.

Or a leg ring inscribed '+Earle of Rutland' in derivative black letter script, for a female merlin or sparrow hawk (due to the youth of Edmund Plantagenet who died aged 17); the ring with a convex interior face.

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.

Composed of a gently carinated hoop, the interior inscribed in cursive script 'Love is the bond of pease'.

Composed of a decoratively notched hoop divided into chased rhomboidal panels displaying foliate tendrils and horizontal hatching alternately; the interior inscribed in Roman capitals with the Latin phrase: 'x x x x VIVE x VT x VIVAS'.

Set comprising gold five pounds, two pounds, sovereign and half sovereign. Obvs: profile bust with GEORGIVS VI D G BR OMN REX F D IND IMP legends. Revs: St George and dragon; date in exergue; with original Royal Mint hinged red leatherette case of issue.

Obv: profile bust with RECTOR RE-IP RHACVSIN legend. Rev: crowned ornate arms with DVCAT SEM REIP RHAG legend and date. 27.21 grams.

Near very fine; adjustment marks to reverse.

Ex David Harthill collection, UK (with ticket).

Obv: crowned monogram dividing date within wreath. Rev: crowned double-headed eagle with arms on breast dividing E - M with inscription on ribbon below. 51.24 grams.

Near extremely fine.

Ex Katz Auction 46, lot 2316 (with ticket). Acquired Spink USA. Property of a Kent gentleman.

Obv: profile bust with inscriptions. Rev: fire altar with attendants and inscriptions. 4.10 grams.

Extremely fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer (with a ticket).

Palermo mint. Obv: interlaced design with pellets and blundered legend. Rev: interlaced design with pellets and blundered legend. 0.98 grams.

Good very fine.

Ex David Harthill collection, UK (with ticket).

Madrid mint. Obv: profile bust with date below and FERDIN VII DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: crowned arms dividing R / crowned M - 8 / G J with HISPANIARUM REX legend. 26.62 grams.

Good very fine.

Acquired Spink USA. Property of a Kent gentleman.

Bern mint. Obv: profile bust with HELVETIA legend. Rev: arms dividing 20 - FR with date below and small 'B' mintmark to right. 6.45 grams.

Extremely fine.

Property of R W M collector.

With 'reef knot' loop and ring and silk ribbon. Obv: 25mm diameter hand enamelled central disc depicting the radiant standing lion guardant holding shamshir sword with red and green border set against the radiant four-pointed star backing. Rev: shaped with fixed suspension loop; with original blue hinged case of issue with crowned radiant lion emblem to upper lid and printed 'ARTHUS BERTRAND / PARIS' in two lines to inner silk lining of lid. 141 grams total, box 7.5 x 14 cm.

Extremely fine. Rare.

Acquired by the vendors father on the UK art market, before 1990.

The Order of Homayoun is also known as the Order of the August and was founded in 1939 to replace the earlier Order of the Lion and Sun (instituted 1808); the Order was issued in five degrees with the 5th class being designated Knight of the Order.

Obv: facing bearded head with gibberish legend. Rev: heraldic arms quartered with four annulets, a sword, three chevrons and diagonally striped. 10.15 grams, 26mm.

Very fine. This type and module not listed by Mernick; rare.

Acquired M J Bowman Auctions, lot 81. Property of a Kent gentleman.

William Smith and Charles Eaton created fantasy antiquities supposedly found in the river Thames silts, especially during the construction of the new docks at Shadwell. Using chalk moulds the cast a wide variety of medallions, pendants and other objects in a lead alloy or lateen (a crude brass alloy) which were treated with chemicals to give them a realistic patination. They typically depict bearded heads or armoured figures in combination with unintelligible inscriptions using letters of a characteristic form. When they first started to appear, they were widely accepted as genuine and it took some while before they were finally condemned as fantasises.

Silver medallion by Loewenstark & Sons, London. Obv: profile bust with Hebrew legend and date. Rev: A / UNIVERSAL / TRIBUTE / OF / RESPECT & ESTEEM / TO / SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE / BART / PHILANTHROPIST / FROM HIS / ADMIRERS & FRIENDS / CENTENARY / 27TH OCTOBER 1884 in 13 lines with HOLY LAND EGYPT DAMASCUS CONSTANTINOPLE RUSSIA POLAND ROME MOROCCO ROUMANIA legend. 33.02 grams, 41mm.

Near as struck; brilliant and richly toned. Rare.

Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.

Group comprising: mixed issues and types. 61 grams total.

Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a South London gentleman.

Obv: head of Apollo facing. Rev: TE monogram in incuse square. 0.19 grams.

Very fine.

The Kusmirek Collection, UK.

Group comprising; mixed issues; eagle and double eagle reverses. 185 grams total.

Near very fine.

Acquired Canterbury Auction Galleries, 2022. Property of a Kent gentleman.