Polished black basalt asymmetrical axehead with narrow rounded butt and broad cutting edge; old collector's labels and inked inscription; mounted on a custom-made stand. 359 grams, 13.5 cm (512 grams total, 19 cm including stand)



With old label: ‘New Guinea NG 13 F.S Clark collection’ an inscription to reverse: ‘R. Stonard Coll 53.141’. British collection F.S Clark. Gemme Nummarie, UK. Acquired by the present owner from the above. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Comprising a round-section penannular body and trumpet-shaped terminals. 87 grams, 60 mm



From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Globular and squat with trumpet-shaped mouth and narrow U-section spout; red painted body with reserved band to the shoulder, hatched triangles and other motifs. 1.3 kg, 21 cm wide



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. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Comprising a large number of Otodus obliquus teeth. 50 grams total, 15-28 mm



From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Comprising variously sized polished Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured freestanding matrix 1.48 kg, 24.2 cm



From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Comprising twenty cut sections of petrified tree branches. 1.34 kg total, 45-72 mm



From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.

Each displaying attractive light-coloured banding. 347 grams total, 20-45 mm



Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.

Comprising two Mosasaur prognathodon sp. teeth. 105 grams total, 59-62 mm



From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Each set on a rounded composite matrix. 745 grams total, 10.4-12.1 cm



From Germany. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

A large cut and polished section, mined in Greece, cut and polished on one side, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. 224 grams, 20.9 cm



From Greece. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.

Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus.

An irregular specimen composed of 92% iron, 7% nickel and 1% of other minerals. 5.27 grams, 20 mm



From Northern Arizona, USA. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Rhyolitic stone sphere with wisps and irregularly-shaped orbs forming 'eye' patterns. 425 grams, 67 mm



From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.