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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): £260
Piriform mask with centre-parted hair almond-shaped eyes, keystone-shaped nose and slit mouth; hollow to the reverse, three radiating pierced attachment lugs and loop above with hair texture. 45.2 grams, 58 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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Discoid with integral loop; obverse with applied filigree Terslev ornament of three radiating looped knots and interstitial loops, boss to the centre. 13.9 grams, 42 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Cf. Kershaw, J.F., Viking Identities. Scandinavian Jewellery in England, Oxford, 2013, pl.4, for type.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Cf. Kershaw, J.F., Viking Identities. Scandinavian Jewellery in England, Oxford, 2013, pl.4, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Flat-section cruciform plaque with tong-and-dot detailing to obverse, barrel-shaped Byzantine-style suspension loop. 27.2 grams, 73 mm
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Fragment with central area divided into three rectangular cells, D-shaped cell to the end and lateral triangle, irregular scoped cell above; probably from a larger cloisonné decorative item. 0.53 grams, 20 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
.jpg "Viking Age Gilt Bronze Openwork Roundel with Interlaced Snakes")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
With rilled edge and pierced hub, the field a network of dense interlaced tendrils. 48.9 grams, 70.7 mmFine condition.
Acquired 1971-1972.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
Ex property of a London, UK, collector.
Acquired 1971-1972.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
Ex property of a London, UK, collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Hollow-formed D-shaped pendant with beast-head repoussé detailing. 0.39 grams , 10 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Penannular, round in section with punched scale detailing to the shank, opposed snake-head finials. 30.26 grams, 78 mm
Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
With a flat, tongue-shaped head connected to the shaft by a rectangular collar; the shaft with a bulbous 'rib’ approximately 20 mm from the tip; the upper portion of the head with radiate detailing and a Trewhiddle Style zoomorph; recessed panel with knotwork motif below, within an elliptical panel with lateral flanches towards the base. 2.91 grams, 76 mm
Ex Lord McAlpine collection.
Ex David Miller collection.
Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J., The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, p.96-7, fig.69e-f.
Hammond, Aaron, Discovering Jewellery, A Collector's and Investor's Guide, Greenlight Publishing, Ipswich, p.420; and Hammond, B., British Artefacts, volume 2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010.
Dress pins of this period are often 'hipped', with a small bulb about two-thirds of the length of the shank in order to secure them in the weave of the fabric. The present piece is very delicate and would have been suitable only for a fine linen or silk garment of the highest quality.
Ex Lord McAlpine collection.
Ex David Miller collection.
Cf. Webster, L. & Backhouse, J., The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, p.96-7, fig.69e-f.
Hammond, Aaron, Discovering Jewellery, A Collector's and Investor's Guide, Greenlight Publishing, Ipswich, p.420; and Hammond, B., British Artefacts, volume 2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010.
Dress pins of this period are often 'hipped', with a small bulb about two-thirds of the length of the shank in order to secure them in the weave of the fabric. The present piece is very delicate and would have been suitable only for a fine linen or silk garment of the highest quality.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Twibil pendant with flared blades and central elliptical shaft-hole. 6.68 grams, 43 mm
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Rectangular with an attachment hole at each corner, displaying an openwork design of an advancing griffin. 6.14 grams, 35.7 mm
Ex property of a Mayfair gentleman.
Acquired TimeLine Auctions 10 November, 2012, no.73.
Property of a Shropshire collector.
Ex property of a Mayfair gentleman.
Acquired TimeLine Auctions 10 November, 2012, no.73.
Property of a Shropshire collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Axehead with sunburst motif to one face, on suspension loop with coiled ends. 1.92 grams, 32 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
.jpg "Viking Hammer-Shaped Gold Ingot")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
D-shaped in section with T-shaped finial and central annulet. 8.25 grams, 22 mmFine condition.
From a collection formed prior to 2000.
From the property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
From a collection formed prior to 2000.
From the property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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