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.jpg "Large Middle Elamite Cylinder Seal of Kidnu, Chief Overseer of King Tan-Ruhurater II")
.jpg "Mesopotamian Torch Bearer Stand with Lion Tamer")
Comprising a D-shaped plaque and transverse bar above; obverse with figure reclining beneath a tree; reverse with opposed figures in a landscape; barrel-shape bar above with median band, male masks and foliage. 10.4 grams, 27 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the early 1990s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Acquired on the UK art market in the early 1990s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Including terracotta zebu, standing idol and other types; after the antique. 1.27 kg total, 8.5-19 cm
From various auction houses since circa 2005.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
From various auction houses since circa 2005.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Comprising: plate brooches with Roman coin designs; bow brooches with large bronze figures forming the bow. 912 grams total, 4-12.3 cm
Property of a European gentleman.
Property of a European gentleman.
Squat in profile with repoussé motif to the centre, an armoured horseman at full gallop drawing a bow; damaged. 518 grams, 22 cm
From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999.
From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Mixed group including white, grey, ochre and other types in various sizes. 693 grams total, 13-35 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): £7
Vesica-shaped with openwork centre formed as a chi-rho Christogram; border with legend to obverse 'Archisodalitas Sancti Stephani' and reverse 'Regnare est cui servire' ('Arch-Fellowship of St. Stephen' and 'to rule is to serve'). 21.7 grams, 62 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Hazlewood Castle, North Yorkshire, UK.
Accompanied by an original letter identifying the find from West Yorkshire Archive Service dated 18 October 1989.
The Guild of St. Stephen was a fellowship of altar servers founded in 1904 by Father Hamilton McDonald.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Hazlewood Castle, North Yorkshire, UK.
Accompanied by an original letter identifying the find from West Yorkshire Archive Service dated 18 October 1989.
The Guild of St. Stephen was a fellowship of altar servers founded in 1904 by Father Hamilton McDonald.
Double-ended rattle with high-relief ropework collar to each end and crotal-bell finials. 156 grams, 11.7 cm
Ex West Sussex, UK, collection.
Property of a High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
Ex West Sussex, UK, collection.
Property of a High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
Carved in the round and standing on a small rectangular pedestal, wearing a pleated robe; hands clasped at the waist; stylised facial features with large eyes rimmed with dark colour, the eyebrows indicated in a similar fashion, bald head a long beard extending above the hands; after the antique. 3.73 grams, 49 mm
From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999.
From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999.
Most with glass cabochon or disc inlay to the bezel. 87 grams total, 27-34 mm
Ex London art market, Mayfair, London, UK, 1990s.
Ex London art market, Mayfair, London, UK, 1990s.
Comprising reproductions of a 'Venus of Dolní Věstonice' type and two crouching figures with looped arms. 97 grams total, 45-71 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): £33
Including regimental and decorative types. 376 grams total, 11-27 mm
Found Suffolk, UK.
PAU/01144/24
Found Suffolk, UK.
PAU/01144/24
Comprising six 'Roman style' bow brooches, each with a large discoid plaque, scooped foot and headplate, ferrous pin and spring; enlarged versions modelled on the Roman kräftig profilierte type. 963 grams total, 10-11 cm
Property of a European gentleman.
Property of a European gentleman.
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