Squat in profile with low neck and broad mouth, rounded rim, strap handle; carinated shoulder with vertical fluting tapering to a narrow base; rim chipped, hole to lower body; with old handwritten paper label 'Trouvé à Lizzano près carente'; handwritten accession no. 242'; paper ticket with 'Bronzezeitlches [...]gefäss gefunden 1938 in Oderland bei glagan / schon mehr übergang zur Eisenzeit'. 746 grams, 19 cm wide including handle

Formerly in the collection of Dr Siegfried Zimmer, Germany, found in Glogau, near Haynau, Silesia.
Private collection, acquired by M. A. in 2004.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

See Rosiak, A., Józefowska, A., Sekulska-Nalewajko, J. et al., Funerary vs. domestic vessels from the Hallstatt period. A study on ceramic vases from the Milejowice settlement and the Domasław cemetery, in Sci Rep 14, (2024); Nebelsick, L. D., Die Kalenderberggruppe der Hallstattzeit am Nordostalpenrand in Hallstattkultur im Osten Österreichs, (eds. Nebelsick, L. D., Eibner, A., Lauermann, E., Neugebauer, J.-W.), 1997.

With pontil base and tubular long neck, expanding at the top, flat rim. 29.8 grams, 80 mm

Ex Sussex, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Rectangular-section bar with rounded ends, pitted and slightly facetted surfaces; equal in weight to 4.5 Tremisses. 5.86 grams, 15 mm

Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Harborough, Leicestershire, UK, on 1st December 2022, by Ms Anita Malin, declared as Treasure and returned to the finder.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.LEIC-7460D4.
Accompanied by a copy of the report on find of Potential Treasure for H M Coroner from Frolesworth, Leicestershire, with no.2023 T326.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) under reference no.LEIC-7460D4.

With broad looped body and wing, trapezoidal segmented tail, small angled claw; lentoid cell in the bow of the wing with inset garnet cloison; head with hooked beak and discoid panel with human facial feature; pin-lug to reverse with mineralised remains, possibly textile, and catch. 13.48 grams, 49 mm

By repute found in the Kristiansand area, Norway, in the early 20th century.
From the collection of Jay Wilford, formed prior to 2000.
Acquired at the Royal Horticultural Hall antiques fair, Westminster, London, UK.
Property of a gentleman collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Cf. L'or des Vikings, Bordeaux, 1969, item 65, fig.43.

The brooch resembles the form of aviform fibula found in the Baltic area, e.g. on Öland. The human face on a bird's body has parallels in the Sutton Hoo burial where the shield bears a bird in profile with a human mask on the hip. In the present case, the mask may represent the legend of Welund (Norse Völundr), the supernatural smith who creates a bird-form in order to escape from his captor, King Niðhad. This legend is known from Icelandic poetic references (Völundarkviða in the Verse Edda) and from Anglo-Saxon tradition.

Comprising: round-section graduated silver loop; D-section tongue, forward edge curved over the loop, rear with transverse ribbing; small plate with applied domed cell, ribbed collar, granulated field, inset cabochon garnet. 4.58 grams, 28 mm

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Cf. Aibabin, A.I., Khairedinova, E., Cemetery near the village of Luchistoe (in Russian), Tome 1, Simferopol-Kerch, 2008, fig.32, no.2.

Twisted wire loop with swivel joint and loop, vertical twisted pendant and pierced bar with horse-head finials; Finno-Ugric type; mounted on a custom-made stand. 140 grams total, pendant: 12.5 cm (18.8 cm including stand)

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XXIX, item 12, for type.

Comprising: trapezoidal body with impressed ropework band to one face; flared conical arm with piening face, hatching to narrow end; rectangular-section blade with herringbone ornament to upper face, narrow working face; mounted on a custom-made stand. 50 grams total, 11.4 cm including stand

Acquired on the London art market, 1990s.
Private collection, London.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Comprising: an iron stirrup with inlaid radiating bars to the plaque; ferrous key with split shank, openwork end, bulb with inlaid gold wires; dress pin with hatched gold decoration; mounted on a custom-made stand. 320 grams total, 12.5-18.2 cm (1.84 kg total, display stand: 40.5 x 26.5 cm)

Acquired on the London art market, 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12504-231308.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, grave 735, for stirrup type.

With a round-section faux twist body, the ends overlapping and curving at the ends, facetted knop finials. 300 grams, 20 cm

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Including addorsed horse heads with loops beneath, figure-embracing-birds discoid type and others; mounted on a perspex display stand. 390 grams total, 21-56 mm

Acquired on the London art market, 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Neck-ring with twisted section, integral loop and sprung catch, two triangular spurs with pointillé pattern ornament; mounted on a custom-made stand. 114 grams, 16 cm (266 grams total, 19 cm high including stand)

Acquired on the London art market, 1990s.
Private collection, London.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12546-231309.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Finial fragment for a ship's weather vane formed in the round as a stylised hybrid creature with braided mane to the arched neck, pricked ears, convex lentoid eyes and gaping mouth with stub tongue; lanceolate body, carinated in section with low-relief scrolls to the shoulders, slot below and thin plaque with lozengiform stepped tail; mounted on a custom-made stand. 104 grams total, 88 mm (92 mm including stand)

Acquired on the London art market, 1990s.
Private collection, London.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Cf. Graham-Campbell, J., Viking Art, London, 2013, items 138-140; for a discussion of Viking-period weather vanes and their re-use as badges of nobility in Normandy, see Engström, J. & Nykänen, P., New Interpretations of Viking Age Weathervanes, in Fornvännen, vol.91, 1996.