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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
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Standing advancing on a hollow-formed base. 17.1 grams, 38 mm
Acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s.
Ex property of a gentleman.
Acquired on the UK art market in 2018.
Property of a Kent lady collector.
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 242, for type.
Acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s.
Ex property of a gentleman.
Acquired on the UK art market in 2018.
Property of a Kent lady collector.
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 242, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lock with mounting timber structure including keyhole and escutcheon. 1.2 kg, 20.2 x 13.5 cm
Acquired Yarmouth, Suffolk, 1970s.
Property of an Essex collector.
Acquired Yarmouth, Suffolk, 1970s.
Property of an Essex collector.
Rectangular in plan with crescent profile, flat base and rim. 1.5 kg, 17.5 cm
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
A substantial decorative designer stele with low-relief frieze depicting a kilted workman with tripartite wig and nekhakha flail over his shoulder and an overseer with headdress and heka crook; dividing column with hieroglyphic text extending to the base and pediment; mounted on a custom-made stand; after the antique. 24.9 kg total, 41.5 cm including stand
From a French collection, Paris.
Ex Parisian gallery, France; latterly with a London, UK, gallery.
From a French collection, Paris.
Ex Parisian gallery, France; latterly with a London, UK, gallery.
Each composed of an oblong base adorned with filigree and granules, a couchant lion modelled in the round on top, ear hook with decoratively twisted lower body. 9.06 grams total, 35 mm each
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): £7
Group comprising a Gill measure inscribed for 'H. Haws' and a horse brass. 212 grams total, 61-97 mm
Property of an Essex collector.
Property of an Essex collector.
Complete with leather fitting straps and hazel wood skiing poles with bamboo rings; metal bindings to skis marked 'MESTA PIONIER'; in ash or hickory. 1.7 kg total, 96-98 cm
Acquired from Manfred Schotten Antiques, UK.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
Acquired from Manfred Schotten Antiques, UK.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
With deep body resting on a wide base with spherical feet (two absent). 465 grams, 11.8 cm wide
Found Somerset, UK.
Accompanied by a letter from Bristol Museum dated 26th July 1990 identifying the object.
Found Somerset, UK.
Accompanied by a letter from Bristol Museum dated 26th July 1990 identifying the object.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
And decorative designs, comprising bowls of various shapes and dates; together with a number of stems, some decorative. 1.2 kg total, 3.2-11.6 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With ribbed body and suspension loop, narrow fipple. 2.24 grams, 38 mm
Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa mid 1980s.
Property of an Essex collector.
Cf. Leahy, K. and Lewis, M., The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Identified: An illustrated guide to metal detecting and archaeological finds, Essex, 2018, p.350, item LVPL-8E9B4F, for a similar object date 1550-1650, (NB. the same object has not been updated on the PAS database, so is still dated 1700-1900); cf. The Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, id. NMS-2201BE for similar, dated 1700-1900 AD.
Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa mid 1980s.
Property of an Essex collector.
Cf. Leahy, K. and Lewis, M., The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Identified: An illustrated guide to metal detecting and archaeological finds, Essex, 2018, p.350, item LVPL-8E9B4F, for a similar object date 1550-1650, (NB. the same object has not been updated on the PAS database, so is still dated 1700-1900); cf. The Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, id. NMS-2201BE for similar, dated 1700-1900 AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Hinged suspension loop, two recessed halves hollow to the reverse, low-relief figure in orans pose to the obverse, geometric ornament to the reverse. 126 grams, 10.5 cm
Acquired 1980-1990s.
From the private collection of H.N., Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK.
See Pitarakis, B., Les Croix-Reliquaires Pectorales Byzantines en Bronze, Paris, 2006, for original examples from the Eastern empire.
Usually the reliquary crosses or enkolpia, were composed of two separate halves, inside of which a relic of a saint was contained; this could have been a piece of cloth or a bone. The practice, in the Orthodox Church, is still in place today, sometimes by using reproductions of ancient styles, like our specimen, probably realised at the beginning of the last century.
Acquired 1980-1990s.
From the private collection of H.N., Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK.
See Pitarakis, B., Les Croix-Reliquaires Pectorales Byzantines en Bronze, Paris, 2006, for original examples from the Eastern empire.
Usually the reliquary crosses or enkolpia, were composed of two separate halves, inside of which a relic of a saint was contained; this could have been a piece of cloth or a bone. The practice, in the Orthodox Church, is still in place today, sometimes by using reproductions of ancient styles, like our specimen, probably realised at the beginning of the last century.
Plaque with scooped sides and holes for attachment; 'Rustic House Builders' believed to have supplied both Queen Victoria and King Edward VII. 12 grams, 84 mm
Acquired in the 2000s.
Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman.
The business began as 'Henry Caesar' of Knutsford, Cheshire, in 1871, and the name was changed to 'Henry and Julius Caesar' by 1889 in order to capitalise on its glamorous assications.
Acquired in the 2000s.
Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman.
The business began as 'Henry Caesar' of Knutsford, Cheshire, in 1871, and the name was changed to 'Henry and Julius Caesar' by 1889 in order to capitalise on its glamorous assications.
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