Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History & Coins

Penannular type with the ends wound around the shank; median rib separating two rows of punched triangles. 7.55 grams, 27.75 mm overall, 24.61 x 22.53 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Z 1/2, USA 12 1/2, Europe 29.43, Japan 28)



From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.

With a thick penannular loop and polyhedral finial set with twelve garnet cloisons, some detached. 6.36 grams, 34 mm



Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Comprising five heart-shaped mounts with a grooved edge. 10.2 grams total, 39-74.6 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

D-section hoop with four-lobed bezel set with dark blue glass cabochon. 5.91 grams, 27.35 mm overall, 19.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)



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

Rectangular plaque with a ribbed suspension loop. 0.75 grams, 20 mm



From an ancient art collection, formerly acquired on the UK, European, and USA art markets from pre-2000 collections. Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman.

Crescentic in profile and plano-convex in section with tapering ends, median transverse block with lateral hole for an attachment. 31.4 grams, 60 mm



Ex Arundel, East Sussex, UK, private collection, 1970s-2000.

Comprising a slender hoop with a circular bezel set with an amber(?) cabochon. 3.34 grams, 23.43 mm overall, 18.03 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)



From an ancient art collection, formerly acquired in the UK, European, and USA art markets from pre-2000 collections. Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman.

A conical gaming piece or trade weight with an inlaid bronze disc at the top. 22.3 grams, 17 mm



Found Wolcot near Folkingham, Lincolnshire, UK, on Tuesday, 1st April 2008. Property of a Scottish private collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.LIN-88E805.

This piece would have been used in the board game Hnefatafl. Trade weights and gaming pieces in Anglo-Scandinavian culture were often formed by taking a small and finely-made pre-existing item and embedding it into a lead matrix. The effect of this practice has been to preserve smaller pieces which would otherwise not have survived.

Spiral-coiled wrist-clasps of Hines's Class A with one broad rounded loop to the centre and one returned hooked loop. 11.5 grams total, 36-38 mm



Ex property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1970s.

The spiral-coil type of wrist clasp is the earliest form of an artefact type which became a very popular costume element in especially Norway and the English East Midlands in the early Anglo-Saxon Period. Grave-finds indicate that they were used to secure the cuffs of robes worn by high-status women.

Comprising a D-section hoop and a lozenge-shaped bezel with four raised bosses and a central cross motif within a hatched border. 2.29 grams, 23.05 mm overall, 20.63 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)



Ex property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s. Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman.

With gently curving blades and a narrow returned shank with hatched edges and punched pellets at the centre. 5.13 grams, 53.7 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Penannular twisted body and tapering finials, hollow-form. 16.5 grams, 64 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.