Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins

Composed of a tapering and facetted body, a flattened pierced terminal. 6.2 kg, 29.5 cm



Found Thames foreshore at Deptford, UK, circa 1996.

An oval cameo with profile bust of youthful Hermes wearing a petasos. 7.4 grams, 29 mm



Acquired on the European art market.

Oval cameo with profile bust of a young warrior with curly, long hair wearing a helmet with a long neck guard. 1.53 grams, 19 mm



Acquired on the European art market.

Comprising a colourful mix of cylindrical and spherical beads, including some millefiori examples. 454 grams total, 18-32 mm



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

Discoid container with repoussé panel to the lid depicting a landscape with flowers, a beer-barrel and a standing figure in 17th century costume holding a purse in one hand and a goblet in the other. 173 grams, 10.8 cm wide



Private collection, Europe. Acquired on the English art market.

Modelled standing and holding a bulbous spouted container in his extended hands, stylised head with projecting ears and open mouth; repaired. 1.92 kg, 30 cm



Private collection of Dr Alvin M. Soffe (c.1922-1995) and Elizabeth Ann Soffe, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, acquired circa 1960s-1970s, thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00256668.

Piriform in profile with detachable lid, curved strap andle and spout, hexagonal base; white enamelled surface with painted tendrils and flowers. 1.5 kg, 31 cm



Private collection, UK.

Comprising: a flat-section ring with remains of a possible inscription on the bezel; a bronze ring with a cell bezel; a ring with granules flanking a cup-shaped bezel; a ring formed of twisted and hammered chain; a ring with an elaborate filigree bezel. 14.34 grams total, 18-30 mm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.

Keeled hoop with decorative panels on the shoulders, oval bezel set with a green glass cabochon with a profile bust. 12.24 grams, 32.81 mm overall, 19.86 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)



London, UK, collection, 1980s-1990s.

Stitched edges and a tubular neck with brass fittings. 84 grams, 19.3 cm



Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.

Flat-section blade with a rounded tip and a wide, pierced tang. 110 grams, 22.2 cm



Ex Ma Gallery, Bath, UK. From a private Wiltshire, UK, collection, 1990s.

White coarse paper poster with red printed warning notice for a petrol station; to foot 'copies from Simpsons the Printers, Friar Gate, Derby'. 22 grams, 76.2 x 50.6 cm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.

'Simpsons the Printers' was a local printing company specialising in postcards and photographic materials, active until the early 1960s.