Palmette motif with recurved lobbed finial, ribbed rim above; D-shaped panel to reverse. 921 grams, 13.2 cm
From a Gloucestershire, UK, collection, 1990s.
Cf. similar ornate brackets in the Galleria dei Candelabri, Vatican City.
Including a dog's head modelled in the round; a small tripod vessel; a hammerstone and other items, some mounted on display stands. 1.24 kg total, 4-12 cm including stand
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.
Substantial glass panel in lead cames with border; painted scene with peacock in the branches of a tree. 343 grams, 19.5 x 15 cm
Ex Michael Archer OBE FSA (1936-2022), Keeper, Ceramics and Glass department, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Great House, Dedham, Essex.
Private collection, Suffolk, UK.
The irregular application of the lead indicates repair.
Tongue-shaped plaque with hatched border and central facing image of a nimbate patriarch with 'KOA' legend to one side; pierced square lug above. 28.9 grams, 58 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Each with applied wire tendrils and cabochon glass and synthetic rubies. 110 grams total, 70-71 mm
Property of a South West London gentleman.
Comprising: squat teapot with loop handle and short spout, low-relief dragon detailing to each side, conical lid with separate handle formed as a dragon's head; three cups with lids, each with carinated profile, loop handle, incised foliage motif, separate lid with knop handle. 1.04 kg total, 7.9-20 cm
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Italian gentleman living in Essex.
Modelled in the round with legs straddling a saddle, layered armour over a tunic with left bell-sleeve, riding boots; the head clean-shaven and bare with collar-length hair; left hand extended to grip reins and right hand raised to wield a spear; mounted on a custom-made stand. 2.71 kg total, 31 cm including stand
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.
Including a crouching female carved in the round and a head with drilled eyes mounted on a ceramic base. 1.09 kg total, 5-13.3 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.
Painted in blue glaze; to reverse 'N:377'. 178 grams, 13 cm
European art market, 1990s.
Private collection, London.
Formed as a miniature pistol with hollow barrel. 1.12 grams, 23 mm
Found Essex, UK.
An undated, archaic style funerary vessel with flask-shaped body, pierced lug handles at the shoulders suspending a link chain and beast-head handle, pedestal foot; both faces decorated with a panel displaying figural scenes in raised relief, a dancer at the centre flanked by animals and scrolling tendrils, musicians standing to either side; extensive remains of polychrome pigmentation. 445 grams, 19.5 cm highFine condition.
Acquired 1990s.
West Country, UK, collection.
Detached page with engraving with attribution 'London, R. Jennings, Poultry, Dec.1, 1828'. 3 grams, 20.1 x 14 cm
Private collection, London, UK.