Auction Highlights
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Egyptian Granite Head of a Dignitary
Sold for (Inc. bp): £28,600
Carved with soft facial features and carefully executed cosmetic lines around the eye, earring, and carefully detailed duplex wig with gently wavy curls; likely from the Ramesside Period; mounted on a custom-made stand. -
Etruscan Bronze Statuette of Herakles
Sold for (Inc. bp): £18,200
Modelled in the round with a muscular nude body, his club resting on his shoulder and the hair dressed in rows of tight, close-set curls underneath the Nemean lionskin hood with cloak billowing over his left arm, the paws tied across his chest; mounted on a custom-made display stand. -
Roman Marble Portrait of a Boy as Worshipper of Isis
Sold for (Inc. bp): £17,550
Carved head of a prepubescent worshipper of Isis, with soft facial features, long nose, small downturned mouth, heavy-lidded eyes, the whole giving the face a sombre or mournful appearance; the hair textured to indicate a short cut and combed forward across the scalp, sidelock above the right ear; mounted on a 16th century carved breccia upper body with leather cuirass and pteruges to right shoulder, cloak draped across the shoulders and fastened at the clavicle on the right side with a disc-brooch; socle base; some restoration. -
Larger Than Life-Size Roman Bronze Sandaled Foot
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39,000
Modelled in the round and originally part of a monumental statue, the naturalistic right foot encased in a trochades leather sandal with median reversed tongue secured with side straps and thick looped laces; the thick platform sole slightly curved, toes and nails well defined; mounted on a substantial custom-made display stand. -
Life-Size Roman Marble Sleeping Girl from a Sarcophagus Lid
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800
Modelled in the half-round, nude with eyelids half-closed in sleep; a drapery partly covering the head and wrapping around the lower body under the hips; the hairstyle similar to those of the Antonine Dynasty, the peaceful face supported by the hands and the ear pierced to accept an earring; iron reinforcing rod to the feet and the right arm's armilla a later replacement; upper head restored in Parian marble. -
Byzantine Porphyry Relief with Cross Surrounded by Two Birds
Sold for (Inc. bp): £28,600
An imposing panel divided to four sections by a central cross on a stepped pedestal, the lower and upper arm with branch-like extensions; the upper quadrants with a circlet surrounding a palm tree-shaped motif; each lower quadrant with a bird in profile facing back; mounted on a custom-made display stand. -
Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull
Sold for (Inc. bp): £16,900
Carved skull on a short neck with musculature and blood vessels; mandible in place with some teeth in sockets, wisps of hair adhering to the dome of the skull; one zygomatic bone partly absent; square-section socle base. -
'The Kelton' Gandharan Head of a Bodhisattva
Sold for (Inc. bp): £24,700
Carved in the half-round head of a Bodhisattva (probably Maitreya) with fine detailing to the arched brow, aquiline nose, neat moustache and full lips; the eyes heavily lidded, urna to the forehead, long open lobes to the ears; the hair in multi-stranded curling locks gathered into an ushnisha with brow-band below; heavily cleaned, conserved, and mounted on a custom-made stand; supplied with original old wooden base with collector's label: 'Head of Bodhisattva / Fine grain schist / Gandhara, Northwest Pakistan / 4th century'.
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Great Britain. Hanover, George III and Charlotte AE Medal. 1761.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
GEORGIVS III ET CHARLOTTA REX ET REG, conjoined uncrowned busts of George III and Queen Charlotte to right / FELICITAS BRITANNIAE DIIS AUSPICIBUS MDCCLXI in exergue, above a view of London towards the north bank of the Thames with St. Paul's Cathedral; behind putti (flying winged cherub) holding inscribed scroll, crowned conjoined hearts above. Eimer 691; BHM17. 4.68gr, 25mm, 12h
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
George III and Other AE Medallion Group. 1810-1827.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: including a George III medallion for 'The Peace of Paris' dated 1814, George III 50th Jubilee medal dated 1810, Duke of York and Albany Medal dated 1827, and a Duke of Wellington Canadian token. 23.34gr total, 27-24mm
Good Fine - Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of a Essex, UK, collector. -
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Commemorative Medal. Dated 1837.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Veiled head of Victoria to left / Young head of Victoria to left over olive branch. W & E 3000A.4; BHM 3506; E 1817a. 9.71gr, 25mm, 12h
Mint State.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector; Accompanied by its original Royal mint envelope. -
Great Britain. Hanover, HRH Prince Albert Industrial Exhibition Medal. 1851.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT - STRUCK IN THE BUILDING OF THE EXHIBITION, bust facing to left / GREAT EXHIBITIONOF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS LONDON 1851, lion and unicorn holding the royal coat of arms. 16.65gr, 38mm, 12h
About Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector; Accompanied by A H Baldwin & Sons coin envelope. -
Diamond Jubilee Four Generations -AE Medal Group. Dated 1897.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Obvs: depicts four generations of the royal family – Queen Victoria and future kings Edward VII, George V and Edward VIII, with FOUR GENERATIONS OF THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY / 1897. Revs: four shields surrounded by the legend 'TO COMMEMORATE THE 60TH YEAR OF HER MAJESTY’S REIGN .1837-97. THE DIAMOND JUBILEE'. 21.90gr total, 32-31mm
Good Very Fine -Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Essex, UK, collector. -
Hanover. Prince of Wales Albert Edward, AE Commemorative Medallion. 1841-1901.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Design by J. Moore. Commemorating the marriage of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and Princess Alexandra of Denmark. Dated 10 March 1863. ALBERT EDWARD PRINCE OF WALES PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF DENMARK., conjoined busts to right / MARRIED AT WINDSOR MARCH 10TH 1863, Arms of the Prince and Princess, beneath Prince of Wales plumes. 38.48gr, 38mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Rare.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Edward VII & Alexandra Gilt AE Medal Group. 1901.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: two medallions commemorating the coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra in 1902. 12.81gr total, 24mm
Good Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector -
Great Britain. Hanover, Edward VII AR Coronation Medal. 1902.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Design by G. W. de Saulles. EDWARD VII CROWNED 9 AUGUST 1902, crowned bust of Edward to right / ALEXANDRA QUEEN CONSORT, crowned bust of Alexandra to right, date on ribbon below. Eimer 1871a; BHM 3737. 12.00gr, 31mm, 12h
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
Edward VII & Alexandra AE Medallion Group. 1902.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: three medallions commemorating the coronation, and one for a Royal visit. 17.64gr total, 24-22mm
Fine - Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector -
Great Britain. George V and Queen Mary, Jubilee Medal Group. 1910-1935.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: three medals commemorating the silver jubilee of George V and Queen Mary; two medals commemorating their coronation in 1911. 53.29gr total, 44-53 mm excluding ribbons
Fine - Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector -
Edward VII and Alexandra AE Medallion Group. 1902-1910.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: Edward VII pewter medal dated 26th June 1902; Edward VII pewter coronation medallion; and a pewter medal for the commemoration of the marriage of the Duke and Duchess of York dated 1893. 48.54gr total, 32-38mm
Fine - Good Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector -
Great Britain. Hanover, George V AR Coronation Medal. 1911.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Design by B. Mackennal. GEORGE V CROWNED JUNE 22 1911, crowned bust to left, holding orb / QUEEN MARY JUNE 22 1911, crowned bust to left. BHM 4022; E 1922. 12.00gr, 30mm, 12h
Mint State. Matt Proof with a few marks.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector; Accompanied by its original Royal Mint envelope.