Expanding arm cross pendant with integral suspension loop and an inset red carnelian cabochon set at the centre of the cross. 5.1 grams, 35 mm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Penannular in form with lobe finials, hatched median band. 26 grams, 62 mm



From an old Lincoln, UK, collection, 1950s-1970s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Comprising a drum-shaped head with striking face below, integral columnar handle; possibly a medicinal pestle. 217 grams, 82 mm



From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.

Including belt-hook, strap-end, knife-sheath chape, and other types. 88 grams total, 17-50 mm



From various collections, acquired circa 1950-early 2000s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Fragment with portion of a beaded border, profile bust and raised hand holding a sword, 'SPA' legend above. 2.36 grams, 24 mm



From a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000.

Including a sturdy clout nail, an awl, a chisel blade, and other items. 227 grams total, 7.5-19 cm



Acquired prior to 2000. From a private Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

D-section hoop expanding at the shoulders, discoid bezel with a rosette formed of ring-and-dot motifs. 6.11 grams, 24.46 mm overall, 19.82 x 20.84 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

With stylised zoomorphic detailing to the spout, mouth developing to a round-section spout, arched neck with section cut away for attachment. 49 grams, 66 mm



From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.

A priest's laver was a large ceremonial basin used for ritual ablutions.

Vesica-shaped with raised fleur-de-lys on the reverse, inscription '+ S'PETRI DE SCUPHOL' surrounding a double fleur-de-lys. 25.6 grams 36 mm



Ex Paul Moore, 1990s. Accompanied by a laminated Paul Moore identification card.

Scupholme is in South Somercotes, Lincolnshire, England.

The hoop expanding at the shoulders and bearing an X-motif on each side of the bezel with a pentagram. 5.29 grams, 22.41 mm overall, 19.39 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Nimbate Saint Barbara standing next to a tower with three windows and holding a palm frond, modelled in the half-round. 2.6 grams, 24 mm



Found Rocklands, Breckland, Norfolk, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme report and slip with no.NMS-BFBED5.

According to the legendary accounts of her life that circulated from the seventh century, Barbara was the daughter of a rich pagan named Dioscorus. She was carefully guarded by her father who kept her locked up in a tower in order to preserve her from the outside world. Having secretly become a Christian, she rejected an offer of marriage that she received through him. Before going on a journey, her father commanded that a private bath-house be erected for her use near her dwelling, and during his absence Barbara had three windows put in it, as a symbol of the Holy Trinity, instead of the two originally intended. When her father returned, she acknowledged herself to be a Christian; upon this she was ill-treated by him and dragged before the prefect of the province, Martinianus, who had her cruelly tortured and finally condemned her to death by beheading. The father himself carried out the death-sentence, but in punishment for this he was struck by lightning on the way home and his body consumed. This summary omits picturesque details found in some versions. These recount that, when her father discovered that she was a Christian, he wanted to kill her, but her prayers created an opening in the tower wall and she escaped. Pursued by her father and guards, she hid in a gorge in the mountains. She stayed hidden here until a shepherd betrayed her. As legend has it, the shepherd was transformed into a marble statue and his herd into grasshoppers. When tortured, Barbara held true to her faith. During the night, the dark prison was bathed in light and new miracles occurred. Every morning her wounds were healed. Torches that were to be used to burn her went out as soon as they came near her. According to one version, she died on 4 December 306 in her native Nicomedia, Bithynia, Asia Minor. Saint Barbara is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (also known as Helpers in Need). Her association with the lightning that killed her father has caused her to be invoked against lightning and fire; by association with explosions, she is also the patron of artillery and mining. Her feast on 4 December was included in the Tridentine Calendar, having been introduced in Rome in the twelfth century. In 1729 that date was assigned to the celebration of Saint Peter Chrysologus, reducing that of Saint Barbara to a commemoration in his Mass. In 1969, because the accounts of her life and martyrdom were judged to be entirely fabulous, lacking clarity even about the place of her martyrdom, it was removed from that calendar. But she is still mentioned in the Roman Martyrology, which, in addition, lists another ten martyr saints named Barbara. Orthodox Christians have never ceased to venerate Saint Barbara, who is very popular among them. For them too her feast day is 4 December. In the 12th century, the relics of Saint Barbara were brought from Constantinople to the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kiev, where they were kept until the 1930s, when they were transferred to St. Vladimir's Cathedral in the same city.

With a beast-head to each shoulder, discoid bezel and cell with inset blue glass cabochon. 5.39 grams, 27.19 mm overall, 20.07 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)



Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.