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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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.jpg "Neo-Assyrian Bronze Horse Trapping with Eagle-Headed God Nisroch and Winged Supernatural Figures")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,450
.jpg "Bronze Age Gold Torc-Shaped Bracelet")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,050
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,400
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Blade with single cutting edge and punched motifs to spine near the neck; bolster displaying engraved panels to both faces; shaped handle with sub-triangular cross-section. 24 grams, 17.5 cm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Including complete and fragmentary furniture fittings; strap ends; mounts; buttons, together with other miscellaneous items. 656 grams total, 16-96 mm
Found Berkshire, UK.
Found Berkshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
One complete purse bar with linear ornament and swivel hoop; one purse bar arm with attachment lugs and inscription to both faces, part of: 'DEFVNTIS' '[LAVS DEO]'; possibly a version of 'Laus deo pax vivis requies defunctis', or 'Praise be to God, peace to the living and rest to the dead'; a carinated fragment inscribed 'ONOR' (the N retrograde), amidst flowering tendrils, part of the common inscription 'SOLI DEO HONOR ET GLORIA' [Honour and glory be to God only], from 1 Timothy, v.17. 63 grams total, 62-98 mm
Acquired on the UK market, 1990s.
Property of a retired academic.
See Williams, D., Finds Research Group, Datasheet 50, Copper-Alloy Purse Components, 2018; Portable Antiquities Scheme nos. BH-C238C7 and NMS-8281F5, for two fragments bearing 'DEFVNTIS' '[LAVS DEO]' inscription.
Acquired on the UK market, 1990s.
Property of a retired academic.
See Williams, D., Finds Research Group, Datasheet 50, Copper-Alloy Purse Components, 2018; Portable Antiquities Scheme nos. BH-C238C7 and NMS-8281F5, for two fragments bearing 'DEFVNTIS' '[LAVS DEO]' inscription.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
With articulate rivet and loop for suspension, both discoid outer faces decorated with a pricked cross motif. 20 grams, 46 mm
Acquired on the UK market, 1990s.
Property of a retired academic.
Acquired on the UK market, 1990s.
Property of a retired academic.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
The slender hoop with slightly expanded shoulders, sub-rectangular bezel engraved with a stylised standing dragon. 2.27 grams, 21.68 mm overall, 19.03 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: a decoratively pierced cruciform dress hook; chape with heart motif; decorated ring brooch; repoussé 'IHC' letter mount; together with other items. 42 grams total, 15-59 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Most relating to farming or woodworking. 1.17 kg total, 14.5-27 cm
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Rectangular in plan with suspension loop to top edge, raised central quatrefoil within a lozenge, single arm radiating into each corner, punched annulets to the field with remains of gilding; central piercing. 5.55 grams, 37 mm
Acquired UK market, 1990s.
Property of a retired academic.
Acquired UK market, 1990s.
Property of a retired academic.
Comprising: a winged lion head; buttons; seal; possible mount; monogram token; Jesuit pendant; together with other items; including items accompanied by PAS reference numbers. 260 grams total, 24-55 mm
Found Berkshire, UK.
Cf. PAS record ids: BERK-AFIFDS; BERK-118E97; BERK-738912; BERK-AFSEE2; BERK-2227E0; BERK-AC9713; BERK-AF0BF4.
Found Berkshire, UK.
Cf. PAS record ids: BERK-AFIFDS; BERK-118E97; BERK-738912; BERK-AFSEE2; BERK-2227E0; BERK-AC9713; BERK-AF0BF4.
Formed as two addorsed letter Cs with a dished ovoid plate between the arms, engraved with a diamond motif. 13 grams, 43 mm
Found St Osyth, Essex, UK.
Accompanied by a cope of the PAS report number ESS-E930A8.
Found St Osyth, Essex, UK.
Accompanied by a cope of the PAS report number ESS-E930A8.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Rectangular with lead came framing; composition from elements of various designs including a female bust with ornate collared gown; two lower legs; a right hand; various facial details; heater shields with heraldic designs; goat emerging from woodland; architectural elements; and other types. 2.09 kg, 48.5 x 42.5 cm
Ex central London gallery.
Ex central London gallery.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Architectural column capital modelling curled acanthus leaves, rising from a narrow stem, curving outwards and away from each other. 118.4 kg, 46 cm highFine condition.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Lassalle, V., ‘Les chapiteaux, l’organisation du décor et quelques particularités architecturales de l’église Notre-Dame, à Saignon (Vaucluse)’ in Archéologie du Midi médiéval. Tome 20, 2002, pp.37-55, for similar capitals with foliate interlaces, fig.4; Franklin, J.A., ‘The Romanesque Sculpture of Norwich and Norfolk: The City and its Hinterland – some observations’ in British Archaeological Association, 2015, vol. XXXVIII, pp.135-161, figs.9, 10; Fogg, S., Architecture and Ornament, 22 October-19 November, 2020, London, 2020, figs.2,4 and especially 24, from France.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Lassalle, V., ‘Les chapiteaux, l’organisation du décor et quelques particularités architecturales de l’église Notre-Dame, à Saignon (Vaucluse)’ in Archéologie du Midi médiéval. Tome 20, 2002, pp.37-55, for similar capitals with foliate interlaces, fig.4; Franklin, J.A., ‘The Romanesque Sculpture of Norwich and Norfolk: The City and its Hinterland – some observations’ in British Archaeological Association, 2015, vol. XXXVIII, pp.135-161, figs.9, 10; Fogg, S., Architecture and Ornament, 22 October-19 November, 2020, London, 2020, figs.2,4 and especially 24, from France.
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