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Comprising three matching domed gaming pieces in graduated sizes. 48 grams total, 21-30 mm



Private collection, London, UK.

Composed of large tabular beads interspersed with small annular beads, restrung. 85 grams, 52 cm



Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Comprising two weights formed as ducks with their heads laid back along their spines; a pendant formed as a bull head with attachement loop to the top. 29 grams total, 23-39 mm



Private European collection, 1990s.

The centre of the guard oval in plan with a rectangular cut-out, the quillon arms extend on either side and terminate in anthropomorphic projections formed as helmetted heads, both facing in the same direction. 26.8 grams, 88 mm



Found Brookland, Kent, UK. 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-31C8AA.

carved in the round wearing a flared and pleated kilt; mounted on a wooden stand. 1.01 kg total, 37 cm highi including stand



From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Comprising a D-section hoop with openwork shoulders terminating in two bird heads, a tall bezel decorated with similar motifs and set with a blue cabochon. 8.50 grams, 30.37 mm overall, 19.45 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)



Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Comprising a flat-section hoop with panels of pellet decoration on the shoulders, set with a grey-brown cabochon. 11.67 grams, 30.55 mm overall, 19.29 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)



Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Including a slipper-shaped lamp, pharaonic bust and other items. 2.79 kg total, 12.5 - 14 cm



Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.

Bifacial pendant with integral loop and intertwined decoration. 18.05 grams, 39 mm



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

Unsigned, of H-form, with a large spherical ballast reservoir above two vertical limbs joined by a narrow horizontal capillary; the lower electrode chambers with wire-wound terminal leads, the interior showing heavy metallic sputtering from use; accompanied by a wooden case, untested. 2.46 kg total, 26 x 11 cm

, vacuum/gas fill and working order not guaranteed. Condition: Glass appears intact, with no obvious chips or cracks;

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

Ellipsoid panel made up from fragments in lead cames; heater shield divided 'per pale' with bend lozengy on one side and three lions passant on the other, surrounding scrolled bands and other detailing. 1.07 kg, 41.5 cm



Private collection. From a Devon family estate on the edge of Dartmoor, from the 1930s to the present day. Several pieces formerly from the Collection of 'Ralegh Radford' (CourtenayArthur Ralegh Radford, 7 November 1900 - 27 December 1998) and reputedly sections of glass from Salisbury Cathedral matched to sections in Lydford Parish Church, Devon.

Ellipsoid in plan, obverse with bearded profile bust and crown above, reverse with heraldic achievement with heater shield, supporters and mantle beneath a crown; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.15 grams, 25 mm



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