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Sold for (Inc. bp): £41,600
.jpg "Attic Red-Figure Bell Krater with Drunken Male Revellers Attributed to the Kadmos Painter")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £32,500
.jpg "Roman Published Terracotta Oil Lamp with Fighting Gladiators")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,600
.jpg "Roman Marble Head of Hercules Wearing the Nemean Lion Skin")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
.jpg "The Anglesey Romano-British Marble Head of a Celtic Warrior")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
.jpg "Medieval Decorated He who loves from the heart, gives with a good heart Posy Boxwood Comb")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
.jpg "Medieval Limoges Gilt Christ Crowned on the Cross")
.jpg "Medieval Gold Heraldic Signet Ring with Goat")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Featuring a loop and remains of the socket; crescentic blade lost in antiquity. 62.6 grams, 55 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
A dagger-shaped pendant with pierced pommel, broad ribbed blade. 37.5 grams, 12.3 cm
Private collection formed in the 1990s.
Acquired from a London gallery.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Private collection formed in the 1990s.
Acquired from a London gallery.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
With lentoid-section, narrow rounded butt and broad curved cutting edge. 452 grams, 14.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, item 29; Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B., The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981, p.60.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, item 29; Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B., The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981, p.60.
A superb example with round-section shank tapering to each end, incised segmented hatching. 95 grams, 71 mm
Private Bristol, UK, collection, since the 1990s.
Ex property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
Private Bristol, UK, collection, since the 1990s.
Ex property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Comprising a Middle Bronze Age Cypriot vessel circa 2000-1600 B.C.; a Bronze Age two-handled vessel from the Holy Land; a votive mirror frame; a bronze statuette of Victory, and other items; some items after the antique. 2 kg total, 1.9-12 cm
The Cypriot pot ex Leto Severis collection; the fragmentary pot ex Donald Simmonds collection; the bronze of Victory ex Michaelides collection.
with Roseberys, London, 26 October 2021, the majority of no.13.
Accompanied by a copy of the Roseberys catalogue listing.
The Cypriot pot ex Leto Severis collection; the fragmentary pot ex Donald Simmonds collection; the bronze of Victory ex Michaelides collection.
with Roseberys, London, 26 October 2021, the majority of no.13.
Accompanied by a copy of the Roseberys catalogue listing.
Of Stop-Ridge type with slander shaft and deep step to each face, stop-ridge and depression below, shallow crescent blade. 400 grams, 15.5 cm
Found 15th July 2022 near Rudge, Shropshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.WAW-A9C090.
Found 15th July 2022 near Rudge, Shropshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.WAW-A9C090.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
The round-section body swelling slightly at the centre, the opposing finials expanding to a trumpet shape. 31.06 grams, 66 mm
Ex old English collection.
London art market, pre 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
Ex old English collection.
London art market, pre 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
.jpg "Bronze Age Sickle Blade")
A lanceolate blade with ribbed detail on upper surface, plain reverse; a fixing peg formed from the casting sprue at the broad end. 150 grams, 17 cm
Ex Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number WG.283, for similar.
Ex Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number WG.283, for similar.
Of Stop-Ridge type with slander shaft and deep step to each face, stop-ridge and depression below, shallow crescent blade. 416 grams, 15.2 cm
Found Norfolk, UK.
Ex Ely Auctions, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Found Norfolk, UK.
Ex Ely Auctions, Cambridgeshire, UK.
With rectangular-section mouth, integral collar developing to five vertical ribs on each broad face, two lateral loops; vent to each broad face, remains at casting sprue at collar. 172 grams, 72 mm
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
Cf. Novotná, M., Die Äxte und Beile der Slowakei, Abteilung IX Band 3, Munich, 1970, item 750, for type.
The form with two lateral loops is unusual.
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
Cf. Novotná, M., Die Äxte und Beile der Slowakei, Abteilung IX Band 3, Munich, 1970, item 750, for type.
The form with two lateral loops is unusual.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Handle for a hand-mirror formed as a large ring finial, two loops connected by a gussetted oblate bar, upper end developing to a volute scroll with symmetrically placed discs; La Tène design with swept curves throughout. 92 grams, 11.2 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. Tassinari, S., La vaisselle de bronze, Romaine et Provinciale, au musée des antiquités nationales, Paris, 1975, fig.20, for type; similar though less ornate example in the British Museum under accession no.1981,0504.1.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. Tassinari, S., La vaisselle de bronze, Romaine et Provinciale, au musée des antiquités nationales, Paris, 1975, fig.20, for type; similar though less ornate example in the British Museum under accession no.1981,0504.1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With spherical body, integral suspension loop and curved blade. 17.1 grams, 35 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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