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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
Auction Highlights:
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.jpg "Roman Marble Portrait of a Boy as Worshipper of Isis")
.jpg "Larger Than Life-Size Roman Bronze Sandaled Foot")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800
.jpg "Byzantine Porphyry Relief with Cross Surrounded by Two Birds")
.jpg "Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull")
Including one with elongated suspension loop, one with central bulb and lateral pierced flanges. 102 grams total, 10.5-16 cm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Cf. Bailey, G., Detector Finds 2, Witham, 1995, p.4-7.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Cf. Bailey, G., Detector Finds 2, Witham, 1995, p.4-7.
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Mixed group of irregular fragments of sheet bronze castings, mostly 2-4mm in thickness. 4.67 kg total, 1.9-12.2 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Including a substantial swivel for a hunting dog with beast-head detailing to the loops, a thin swivel with similar heads on both loops and other types; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 45 grams total, 25-51 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Cf. Bailey, G., Detector Finds 5, Witham, 2002, p.70ff.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Cf. Bailey, G., Detector Finds 5, Witham, 2002, p.70ff.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
With reserved lozenges on a hatched field, carnated section, scaphoid bezel with reserved panel on foliage field, possibly Ottoman or Eastern Mediterranean. 3.74 grams, 21.89 mm overall, 17.68 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Including beehive and annular types. 24 grams total, 13-22 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Cf. Bailey, G., Detector Finds 2, Witham, 2001, pp.12-14, for similar specimens.
Bailey, G., Detector Finds 2, Witham, 2001, p.12-13, for all three specimens.
In England thimbles first occurred around 1300, probably under the influence of the Hispano-Moresque examples. However, it wasn't until around 1350 that thimbles became objects of everyday use in England.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Cf. Bailey, G., Detector Finds 2, Witham, 2001, pp.12-14, for similar specimens.
Bailey, G., Detector Finds 2, Witham, 2001, p.12-13, for all three specimens.
In England thimbles first occurred around 1300, probably under the influence of the Hispano-Moresque examples. However, it wasn't until around 1350 that thimbles became objects of everyday use in England.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Including fire steels of various types with ornamental shaping. 148 grams total, 52-62 mm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Cf. similar specimens in PAS, LON-6357F6,LON71B542, from London in Leahy, K. and Lewis, M., Finds Identified, London, 2020, p.155.
Fire steels were used to generate a spark from a 'strike-a-light' (a piece of flint or pyrite). The spark was directed into a tinder box containing a dry, flammable material such as charred linen until a flame was kindled.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Cf. similar specimens in PAS, LON-6357F6,LON71B542, from London in Leahy, K. and Lewis, M., Finds Identified, London, 2020, p.155.
Fire steels were used to generate a spark from a 'strike-a-light' (a piece of flint or pyrite). The spark was directed into a tinder box containing a dry, flammable material such as charred linen until a flame was kindled.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: single-edged knife with swept edge, whittle-tang handle; single-edge knife with scale-tang handle, stamped with a crown in a pelleted cartouche; hawkbill knife with edge to the inner face of the curve; short broken-back blade with bolster; similar with punched 'f' maker's mark. 192 grams total, 8-21.5 cm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising examples of various types, including some retaining the rowel. 217 grams total, 11.5-14.8 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Cf. numerous spurs in the Museum of London, in Clark, J., The Medieval Horse and its Equipment, London, 1995, pp138-140, nos 333 to 335; see also British Museum inventory no.OA.4790.
The deep curve of the shoulders, the lack of protrusion above the base of the rowel holder, the short rowel holder and the small diameter rowel are characteristics that point to dating some of this specimens in the 13th century. Kirpichnikov puts these spurs in type V (first half of the 13th-14th century) after a spur depicted on an English tombstone dating to the beginning of the 14th century.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Cf. numerous spurs in the Museum of London, in Clark, J., The Medieval Horse and its Equipment, London, 1995, pp138-140, nos 333 to 335; see also British Museum inventory no.OA.4790.
The deep curve of the shoulders, the lack of protrusion above the base of the rowel holder, the short rowel holder and the small diameter rowel are characteristics that point to dating some of this specimens in the 13th century. Kirpichnikov puts these spurs in type V (first half of the 13th-14th century) after a spur depicted on an English tombstone dating to the beginning of the 14th century.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Formed as a cross-crosslet, the symbol of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, with punched-point border. 1.36 grams, 25 mm
Found near Skipsea, East Yorkshire, UK.
Property of a Bradford, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, items 939-41.
The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD.
Found near Skipsea, East Yorkshire, UK.
Property of a Bradford, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, items 939-41.
The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Including a ring brooch with enamel-filled cells, a hexagonal ring-brooch and other types; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 28 grams total, 13-31 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Mixed group of tubular, fusiform, oblate and other types. 2.2 kg total, 16-63 mm
Found Hertfordshire, UK.
Found Hertfordshire, UK.
Mainly biconvex in profile with raised pellet and other detailing; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 1.3 kg total, 23-32 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
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