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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
Auction Highlights:
.jpg "Hellenistic Gold Earrings with Lapis and Mother of Pearl")
.jpg "Hellenistic Terracotta Head of a Youth")
.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): £26
Of various gages; remains of casting sprues to some. 520 grams total, 12-22 mm
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.
Comprising buttons of various sizes and dates, many retaining their attachment loops and including examples displaying decorative ornament and remains of gilding. 1.1 kg total, 11-34 mm
Found Berkshire, UK.
Found Berkshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Including three octagonal types with nasta'liq script; one ellipsoid, similar (chipped); one square with incised script. 8.47 grams total, 10-19 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Mainly comprising differently sized beads imitating traditional 'etched' agate Zi beads. 137 grams total, 34-41 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Composed of a slender, decoratively notched round-section hoop, oval bezel adorned with granules and set with a polished carnelian gemstone. 5.77 grams, 25.68 mm overall, 21.64 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Carved in the half-round with a stylised silhouette, hatched scale and dashed fin detailing, puffy cheek and a small eye. 17 grams, 49 mm
London collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
London collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
With a hollow D-section body applied with filigree and granules. 4.75 grams, 26 mm
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Somerset collector, UK, since at least the early 2000s.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Somerset collector, UK, since at least the early 2000s.
The banded glass imitating banded agate; intaglio scene composed of a crowned figure standing right, holding a cornucopia and wreath, an eagle standing beside. 2.61 grams, 19 mm
From an early 20th century collection, Carnavon, North Wales, UK.
From an early 20th century collection, Carnavon, North Wales, UK.
Comprising forty matching spherical banded agate beads with single median stripe, with six further beads of slightly different pattern; all pierced for stringing. 175 grams total, 14 mm each
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A Burk's Fabrikat Amerikaner circular drum-shaped timepiece with the paper recording disc present internally, with stamp inset with key post, spring fingers and detector spring; without keys. 855 grams total, 11.5 cm wide
Acquired Stacey's Auctions, Rayleigh, Essex, UK.
Property of a Essex gentleman.
Each waypoint of the night watchman's round had a key hung there with a different number; as the watchman reached that location on the ship he would insert the key and turn it and that would make a time and location stamp on the paper disk showing exactly what time he had checked that site. The clock cases were locked so the instrument could not be tampered with while in use.
Acquired Stacey's Auctions, Rayleigh, Essex, UK.
Property of a Essex gentleman.
Each waypoint of the night watchman's round had a key hung there with a different number; as the watchman reached that location on the ship he would insert the key and turn it and that would make a time and location stamp on the paper disk showing exactly what time he had checked that site. The clock cases were locked so the instrument could not be tampered with while in use.
Showing men, women and children going about their activities among lavish tents pitched in a hilly landscape, panel of text above and below, on older paper; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 1.1 kg, 40.5 x 28.6 cmVery fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising watch keys of various types, including examples with trace remains of gilding and lettering. 70.2 grams total, 20-35 mm
Found Berkshire, UK.
Found Berkshire, UK.
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