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

Inscribed to the inner face in an italic hand 'Love and [l]ive happily'. 2.17 grams, 19.85 mm overall, 17.49 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Comprising: two whistles, a padlock, a finial, and a ring with a double cross motif. 64.3 grams total, 24-38 mm



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

Hand-thrown pot with bulbous body and a trumpet-shaped foot; a wide slit to the upper part of the body. 297 grams, 12.5 cm



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

Comprising: a grey cameo with a low-relief profile bust of a bearded man with a wreath on his head; an orange mottled stone cameo with a youthful male bust in three-quarter view, resembling the portraits of Alexander the Great. 5.68 grams total, 21-24 mm



Acquired on the European art market.

Formed from a round-section shaft twisted to the centre, an oval bezel with a wide rim and ornate letters 'EEN' under plano-convex crystal in profile; maker's mark 'JB' to the underside, for John Brogden. 7.04 grams, 96 mm



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

With a slender hoop, an ellipsoid bezel with an intaglio deer motif. 2.57 grams, 23.58 mm overall, 19.03 x 20.10 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)



Ex property of a south London collector; acquired before 1980. Private collection, Suffolk, UK.

Carved in the round in the form of a fish with S-curved body in grey-white stone; the finial a bird's head and neck; fish-head with open jaws, lotus-flower knops as stoppers. 331 grams, 19.5 cm



Private collection, UK.

Landscape-format commercial poster for the Francophone refrigerator market: white ground with overprinted green field, black and red detailing; ident number 'REF/263' to lower left. 17 grams, 80 x 28 cm



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

General Electric white goods were marketed in French-speaking markets by the Frigéco company in the post-WWII era.

Subrectangular in plan with rounded ends, applied handle to reverse with modern hanger; high-relief calligraphic text. 865 grams, 32 cm



London, UK, collection.

Comprising: a profile bust of a mature bearded man, possibly depicting a philosopher; a profile bust of a youthful woman with dressed hair. 14.3 grams total, 29 mm each



Acquired on the European art market.

Forge-welded single-edged blade with rounded tip and integral baluster; wooden scales to both sides of the tang held in place with three peened studs on each side; punched crown maker's mark to one face. 28.9 grams, 19.5 cm



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Group of spherical shots, including some with sprues, and some impacted examples. 675 grams total, 7-22 mm



Found Suffolk, UK. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.