With flat discoid base, arms bent with hands on hips, body decorated with incised necklace; face with prominent pinched nose, applied discoid eyes. 53 grams, 96 mm

Fine condition.

Ex Swiss collection; acquired 1980s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

Modelled in the round on a rectangular base, seated female wearing a crested cap, peplos dress and palla holding a coin-purse to her midriff, collector's reference 'ABLT' to underside. 157 grams, 11.6 cm



Ex Louis-Gabriel Bellon (c.1819-1899), France. Private collection, Europe. Accompanied by a copy of French passport no.111342 dated 6 July 2009.

Mixed group of musket and pistol shot, some with casting nipple still attached, some with impact damage. 1.55 kg total, 8-18 mm



Found Suffolk, UK.

Carved in the round fish, bird, ox and other animals in carnelian, onyx and other materials. 40 grams total, 15-40 mm



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

Flat-section pendant of a two-barred cross with low-relief Corpus Christi to obverse; Mary to reverse. 4.64 grams, 39 mm



Ex P Chapman collection, 1980s-1990s.

Comprising an oval pendant set with a red cabochon, enamelled flower above, reverse with Chinese stamp for 'silver', clasp ring hallmarked '925'. 23 grams, 54 cm



From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.

Discoid in plan and slightly domed with loop to the edge; central facing bust wearing a diadem; field with embossed rosettes and other ornament. 118 grams, 10.5 cm



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

Mostly with hatching to the globular head. 10.2 grams total, 35-63 mm



Found on the Thames foreshore, UK. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Rectangular vellum fragment with painted architectural image to obverse with single caption; six lines of Ge'ez script to reverse. 7 grams, 29.9 cm



Collection of David Buxton (1910-2003), author of 'Travels in Ethiopia', 1949.

Comprising four trumpet-shaped arms radiating from a central cube, each with a discoid head; motifs comprising: an agnus dei (lamb and flag), a two-headed spread eagle, a stag passant, a cockerel, each in a beaded border. 26.2 grams, 39 mm



Found Lincolnshire, UK.

With shallow bowl and flat handle with notched finial, stamped mark 'LO[?]' to bowl. 38.8 grams, 17.2 cm



Found Norfolk, UK.

The domed head adorned with filigree roundels and circlets interspersed with granules, decoratively notched rim; S-shaped hook to reverse. 5.66 grams, 19 mm



From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.