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

Flat-section hoop with stamped flowers and tendrils, bastarda script legend 'vous et nul autre' (you and no other). 2.83 grams, 19.14 mm overall, 16.77 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)



Acquired in the 1970s-1980s. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Tongue-shaped with onion-knop finial, engraved dragon in profile to one face. 19.9 grams, 76.5 mm



Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.

Comprising five domed thimbles with pellet decoration. 18.1 grams total, 15-22 mm



Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.

Heater-shaped with integral suspension lug; incuse dragon with wings raised. 14 grams, 45 mm



Ex Graham Slater collection, Cambridge, 1980s-1990s.

With pierced trefoil terminal functioning as a suspension loop, double hexagonal collar, the shank flaring to the circular die; within a beaded circle, a standing spread eagle with hooked beak facing right on the die, the wings extending to each side with three vertical ribs or feathers; at the base, a cluster of ribs reflecting the feet or tail feathers; legend within a plain raised linear border '* REY DE OIZEVS' translating as 'king of birds'. 11.4 grams, 25 mm



Found near Lewes, East Sussex, UK, in August 2024. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUSS-AE6B2F.

Comprising: an incomplete signet ring with a feathered border enclosing a merchant's mark formed from the black letter lowercase christogram 'ihc'; the other with an oval bezel bearing a reclining, facing lion figure; accompanied by two museum-quality impressions. 9.03 grams total, 22-25 mm



Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Lydd, Kent, UK; one with a PAS report. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-B5C4CA.

Discoid in plan with bifacial low-relief imagery: Obverse - Calvary scene with Corpus Christi and flanking mourners; Reverse - hatched field with supine dragon, triumphant robed and crowned figure holding aloft a cross piercing the dragon's mouth. 5.63 grams, 28 mm



From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.

The imagery may represent St George slaying the dragon, although he is usually pictured nimbate and on horseback. Alternatively, it may show Christ overcoming Satan in the form of a dragon in the Harrowing of Hell episode.

Barrel-key with voided lozenge bow and three radiating loops, balustered shaft with hollow forward end, split ward with bits. 46 grams, 94 mm



Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. From an extensive collection of large medieval keys; the property of a Kent, UK gentleman.

Comprising glazed and unglazed fragments from vessels of various types, including decorated and polychrome examples. 15 kg total, 2-26 cm



Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. Ex East Anglian private collection.

With central motif of a recumbent stag, border with legend '+ ALAS BOVES'; supplied with an impression. 10.3 grams, 25.4 mm



Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.

This is an example of a common legend, more commonly, ALAS BOVLES/BOWLES, which is associated with matrices bearing animal designs, but which has never been satisfactorily explained.

Heater-shaped with attachment lug above, heraldic design of three lions passant in a red enamelled background. 14.3 grams, 44.15 mm



Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.

Comprising a slender hoop and an oval bezel with a crowned T. 5.92 grams, 24.56 mm overall, 20.18 x 19.83 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)



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