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

Including a carved wooden figure with twin horns, a small sickle, a curved pin and other items. 19.6 - 4.3 cm



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

Each carved into the wedjat amulet and pierced longitudinally. 28.9 grams total, 20-30 mm



with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016.

Comprising an octagonal with a lion passant regardant, a rectangular with a face in profile, an oval with a standing archer, four oval with male bust in profile, a rectangular with a crowned male bust. 6.84 grams total, 9-18 mm



London, UK, collection, 1990s.

A discoid plaque with roped border and reclining stylised lion, inscription to the top. 7.98 grams, 36 mm



London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.

Discoid bezel with high-relief gorgoneion motif modelled in the half-round. 7.49 grams, 23.65 mm overall, 20.61 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)



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

Keyhole-shaped frame with applied masks and canatile detailing. 5.85 grams, 34 mm



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

Composed of small annular turquoise, green, blue and other beads. 4.53 grams, 36 cm



Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Modelled in the round seated figure in tight-fitting robe with incised detailing to the chest and collar; partly unfurled scroll on the lap held in both hands; mounted on a custom-made stand. 515 grams total, 14.4 cm including stand



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

Comprising: one with biconvex body with D-section nozzle and loop handle with trefoil reflector; one squat pot with pinched nozzle and loop handle; one a cup with pinched nozzle, low stem with saucer below and strap handle. 481 grams total, 8.1-11.1 cm



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

Comprising a carinated hoop and disc bezel with two stylised figures flanking a cross. 2.75 grams, 20.22 mm overall, 17.13 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)



Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

This type of motif is often used as a wedding ring, with the figures representing the married couple and the cross conferring the church's blessing on the union.

Study of a kneeling boy, possibly the young St John the Baptist, in red chalk (sanguine) on laid paper; in the Bolognese and Roman academic tradition after the Carracci, comparable to studies from the circle of Carlo Cignani (1628–1719); watermark a bird on three mounts (trimount) within a circle, a mark recorded on 17th-century Italian papers, including drawings made in Rome; chain lines about 28 mm apart. 2.16 grams, 16 x 15.5 cm



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

Glass with incuse profile bust of Silenus; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.22 grams, 21 mm



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