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Bifacial with lozengiform arms, each with a cruciform void to the centre, lug finial, integral loop, incised geometric motifs. 6.56 grams, 42 mm



Private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK.

With slashed border to the exterior, segmented inner border with roundels and zigzags enclosing a rosette with foliage detailing. 579 grams, 21.6 cm wide



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

Comprising six keys with loop handles, one without a perpendicular bit. 300 grams total, 8.8-14.9 cm



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

D-section hoop with flat rectangular bezel, three columns of four applied pellets each. 0.70 grams, 19.84 mm overall, 17.25 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)



From the collection of a gentleman born in the late 19th century, formed 1940s-1970s. From an old Staffordshire family collection; thence by descent.

Collection of 186 pipes, bowls and fragments all recovered from the River Thames; including commemorative 'Khartoum' type with head of General Gordon; most with inked reference number. 2.4 kg total, 3.1-14.2 cm



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

Large tazza with a raised central boss, applied twisted ropework border, the small ribbon-like handles with blue enamel; a flared foot with a similar applied ropework collar. 1.8 kg, 35 cm wide



From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.

Comprising: bowl with bust of Serapis in high relief; tablet with Ugaritic script in a display box; carved head with conical cap; Bastet figurine with earrings. 870 grams total, 5.9-18.3 cm



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

Roughly rectangular in shape, tapering slightly towards the terminal, part of the wall and rim of the vessel remaining attached to the handle; on the upper side of the handle between two beaded borders an inscription cast in high relief thought to read '[FE]Ar(lis?)GOD+TAMAS.hACh'. 147 grams, 12.7 cm



Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, 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-4C5F3B.

Thomas Hatch, was a foundry master known to have signed his wares 'TAMAS hACh', and is thought to have been operating between 1575 and 1599 (Butler and Green, 2003,72-73) at Broomfield in Kent. Although no Thomas Hatch's is known to include the phrase 'FEAR GOD', an example is known by Edmund Giles, thought to be Hatch's apprentice (Butler and Green, 2003, 69 and 73).

Each with a pierced trefoil handle and sic base, one with three arrows motif, the other with sun in splendour, each supplied with an impression 8.87 grams total, 26-28 mm



Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

A domed silver button with central equal-armed foliage cross in an openwork border; pierced lug to the reverse. 4.52 grams, 17 mm



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

Comprising: profile male and female busts in carnelian and other stones; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.66 grams total, 14-18 mm



Private collection, England.

Comprising mainly polychrome tubular and oblate beads with chevron and linear decoration. 34 grams total, 5-21 mm



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