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Composed of tubular beads and a lozenge-shaped pendant, restrung. 7.63 grams, 32 cm



Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.

U-shaped body with a triangular rotating stopper handle branded 'Concorde', in its original box. 93.6 grams, 59 mm



Private collection, London, UK.

Penannular bracelet with trumpet-shaped flaring terminals. 71 grams, 59 mm



From the shipwrecked English Schooner 'Duoro', sunk off the Isles of Scilly in 1843. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. Accompanied by the original box and certificate from The Isles of Scilly Underwater Centre.

The ship wrecked in 1843 on a voyage from Liverpool to Oporto. Manillas were used as currency in the transatlantic trade in enslaved African people, where enslaved people were traded for between 10 and 60 manillas. Manillas are also known as okpogho, ejemma, igbiki and kpugi. They were sometimes worn in African communities as body decoration, such as along the coast between modern-day Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire. Europeans later produced manillas to trade for enslaved African people, and they became a form of currency. This currency was used in parts of West Africa until it was demonetised in 1948.

Typical mummiform figure with a finely striated lappet wig, a ba-bird with outspread wings across the chest, a frontal panel of hieroglyphic inscription bordered by a decorative fringed edge, and a rear dorsal pillar with hieroglyphic inscription. 72.5 grams, 11 cm



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

Composed of small tubular, polygonal and large coin-shaped beads with an axe-shaped pendant, restrung. 61.6 grams, 38 cm



Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.

The hoop decorated with pellets, a tall hemi-spherical bezel set with a lapis lazuli intaglio bearing a scorpion motif. 10.19 grams, 31.37 mm overall, 17.73 x 15.43 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)



Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Comprising three narrow bands and a ring with a large oval bezel with remnants of gilding. 18.3 grams total, 18-28 mm



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

Cup-shaped type with flat rim and discoid foot; four radiating vertical arms to the outer face, one with pouring lip to the top. 2.75 kg, 19 cm wide



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

Composed of multiple parallel rows of fine interlinked wire elements producing a flexible band with a filigree, mesh-like appearance,secured by an S-shaped clasp. 82 grams, 89 cm



Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.

Long decorative filigree chains of this form were worn in Russia during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Of Read's Class D Type 6, trefoil in plan with notched outer edges and a bifid knop to each angle; three applied bosses to the obverse, two with a central applied granule (the third absent); each dome with a pair of wire annulets containing smaller annulets arranged vertically, with a small granule at each junction (one granule absent); set between each pair of large annulets is a small wire annulet with granule cluster; central decorative rove with split shank, flattened on the reverse and with decorative hexafoil head, three pentagonal petals separated by smaller interstitial petals each with a triangular notch on the edge; on the reverse, two silver attachment elements have been soldered in place, a transverse rectangular attachment loop above and the end of a silver hook below (partly absent); some gilding remaining. 11.9 grams, 32 mm



Found near Lewes, East Sussex, UK, in 2023; declared as potential Treasure under the Treasure Act with Treasure reference no.2025T533, subsequently disclaimed and returned to the finder. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUSS-23C7ED. Accompanied by a copy of the Treasure Act 1996 receipt from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.

This rather large example of a hooked tag fits with Read's (2008) Class D, Type 6 being a trefoil single sharp-hooked clasp of composite construction which he dates to the 16th century. Read illustrates a number of these in silver gilt, similar to the one recorded here, with three bosses and a splayed pin securing a petalled rove (p. no.s 264-70). Compare also no: 272 with projecting knops in each angle of the back plate. Other examples of this type recorded on the database and submitted for the consideration as Treasure include: KENT-B7A7B4 (2012T826); SF-034BF3 (2008T446); YORYM-708E7A (2023T221); NMS-6DE0F9 (2022T959) and ESS-491A58 (2022T941).

Composed of alternating facetted barrel-shaped beads and reclining or seated cat amulets, restrung. 98 grams, 47 cm



Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Comprising a tall blue-glass vase with applied trail ornament; squat jar with balustered neck and flared rim, applied tril handle and collar to the baluster. 846 grams total, 21.5 - 10.2 cm



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