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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
Auction Highlights:
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
.jpg "Eastern Roman Bust of the Daughter of Aqima")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
.jpg "Italic Bronze Triple-Disc Cuirass")
.jpg "Massive Stone Age British Bifacial Lanceolate Flint Handaxe")
.jpg "Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Three-Dimensional Urnes Stirrup Apex Mount")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Recto and verso with nineteen lines of Latin text in blackletter script, recto with two illuminated capitals in gold on blue and verso with one; in a cardboard mount. 37 grams, 20 x 15.3 cm
Acquired on the UK art market in 2016.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
Acquired on the UK art market in 2016.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mixed group of discoid lead-alloy weights with high-relief geometric detailing to one face. 330 grams total, 25-48 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Flat rectangular strip with reserved partial text on a hatched field within a reserved border: 'vora ma[...]'. 2.42 grams, 57 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Comprising: manuscript of Psalm 129 (De profundis clamavi ad te Domine... 'I called out to the, Lord, from the depths...') in loose Caroline minuscule or batarde script with liquid gold detailing, blue versals with red pointillé framing; manuscript of the vespers chant (Protege Domine populum tuum... 'Lord, protect thy people...) in dense blackletter bookhand with liquid gold versals on blue and with red 'Oro' (I pray) responses; both mounted in a glazed wooden frame with cream-coloured card reveal. 447 grams total, 19.5 x 14.3 cm each
From a Blackheath, London, UK, deceased estate.
Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
From a Blackheath, London, UK, deceased estate.
Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
Mixed group of broad-flan buttons, some with high-relief motifs. 109 grams total, 10-30 mm
Acquired early 2000s.
Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman.
Acquired early 2000s.
Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With central floral motif, legend to the border '+ S' IONIS . FIL. ANDREE' (seal of John son of Andrew); raised chevrons to the reverse and lobe for piercing. 12.4 grams, 34 mm
Found Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
The spelling 'Andree' may reflect 'Andreæ' the genitive singular of Andrea, a female name.
Found Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
The spelling 'Andree' may reflect 'Andreæ' the genitive singular of Andrea, a female name.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £211
Bifacial with granulated borders and integral loop, set with a lozenge-shaped garnet to the top with a pair of triangular garnets below. 1.42 grams, 14 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
Cf. Cocks, A.S., An Introduction to Courtly Jewellery, London, 1980, plate 9, for type
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
Cf. Cocks, A.S., An Introduction to Courtly Jewellery, London, 1980, plate 9, for type
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Tapering spigot with hole, handle formed as a cockerel in profile. 37.7 grams, 53 mm
Acquired early 2000s.
Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman.
Acquired early 2000s.
Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman.
Formed as a standing horse with arched neck, ring-and-dot eyes, curved legs, D-shaped tail; cavity to the chest with ferrous remains of the lock mechanism. 42 grams, 47 mm high
Acquired late 1940s-early 1970s.
Ex property of a London businessman.
Acquired on the UK art market in 2016.
Property of a Kent lady collector.
Acquired late 1940s-early 1970s.
Ex property of a London businessman.
Acquired on the UK art market in 2016.
Property of a Kent lady collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A mixed group including Tudor iron knife-blades and nails, Rus fishing hooks, mediaeval bronze book clasps and brooch fragments and other items. 350 grams total, 1.7-14 cm
From a Northampton, UK, collector.
From a Northampton, UK, collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
With a keeled hoop, octagonal bezel with a lion on baseline facing right, large star above. 4.79 grams, 24.44 mm overall, 19.95 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
From the collection of a High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman, circa 2000.
From the collection of a High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman, circa 2000.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With openwork frame and six spherical bosses alternating plain and granulated; triangular pin intact. 15 grams, 49 mm
Acquired in the 1990s.
Ex private collection, Suffolk, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market in 2011.
Property of a Kent lady collector.
Acquired in the 1990s.
Ex private collection, Suffolk, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market in 2011.
Property of a Kent lady collector.
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