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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
.jpg "Anglo-Saxon Bronze Girdle Hanger Pair")
Each with a suspension loop (one occluded) and decorative terminal, possibly formed as beast heads. 55 grams total, 13.2-13.5 cm
From a Norfolk excavation in the late 19th century.
Ex property of a Nottingham gentleman by descent.
Cf. The British Museum, Museum number 1854,0224.3, for similar dated 5th-6th century A.D.
From a Norfolk excavation in the late 19th century.
Ex property of a Nottingham gentleman by descent.
Cf. The British Museum, Museum number 1854,0224.3, for similar dated 5th-6th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising a group of natural shells with domes cut away to form pendants or beads. 48 grams total, 13-21 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Including seven accompanied by Portable Antiquities Scheme records: an incomplete small-long brooch with ring-and-dot ornament; an incomplete small square-headed brooch with headplate featuring zoomorphic mouldings in Salin's Style 1; spindle whorl decorated with vertical striations; an incomplete small Kentish square-headed brooch; fragment of a great square-headed brooch; hooked tag with perforated oval head, Read Class A Type 2; disc brooch decorated with concentric circles and punched dots; together with other miscellaneous artefacts. 240 grams total, 19-45 mm
Found Berkshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copies of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report nos.BERK-056093, BERK-725B84, BERK-25F9D1, BERK-04DF75, BERK-051CDB, BERK-0605B4, and BERK-05016C.
Found Berkshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copies of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report nos.BERK-056093, BERK-725B84, BERK-25F9D1, BERK-04DF75, BERK-051CDB, BERK-0605B4, and BERK-05016C.
Sheet-gold twibill pendant with filigree detailing. 0.53 grams, 14 mm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.107, for bronze axe pendants.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.107, for bronze axe pendants.
With expanded and pelletted bezel, tapering arms overlapping at the hoop base with shallow engraved motifs. 3.23 grams, 22.11 mm overall, 19.13 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: a thumb ring with overlapping arms and lozenge cross-section; a lead trade weight for precious metals bearing pellet motifs to one face; a clothes fitting or other object with two discoid faces joined by an arm, each face displaying a central dome. 18.6 grams total, 21-32 mm
Ex DRG Coins and Antiquities, Essex, UK.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
Ex DRG Coins and Antiquities, Essex, UK.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
Formed as a slightly domed upper face decorated with Jellinge Style zoomorphic ornament in low relief, pierced to accept a slender bronze pin. 8.6 grams, 34 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.IX, 9, for type.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.IX, 9, for type.
With openwork lunate design decorated in low relief pellets; integral suspension loop. 1.87 grams, 22 mm
Acquired on the German art market before 2000.
From an old Munich collection.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000.
From an old Munich collection.
The bird standing in profile right, possibly a dove, carrying a Christian cross on its back, simple geometric detailing to the tail, wing, feet and head; pin lug and catchplate to reverse. 10.6 grams, 37 mm
Acquired 1990s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Acquired 1990s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Comprising an openwork floral example with domed face; one with T-shaped top and scrolling ornament; stylised face from a cruciform brooch, likely the English equivalent of Thor; openwork lunate pendant with suspension loop. 30 grams total, 20-46 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Lozenge-shaped piercings and raised pellets to the body, a single piercing to both terminals. 12.3 grams, 47 mm
Found Nottinghamshire, UK.
Found Nottinghamshire, UK.
Composed of a reversed C-section penannular hoop, decorated with a symmetrical punch-stamped geometric design of annulets, pelletted triangles and pecking; chip to one terminal. 11.4 grams, 52 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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