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

Rectangular in section with broad tip and rear edge. 373 grams, 96 mm



From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Such tools were used to drive caulking materials (horsehair, pitch, hemp rope, etc.) into the gaps between the strakes of ships.

Round body with a wreath design on the shoulder, four-leaf clover on the discus. 78 grams, 93 mm



From an important German collection, 1970s onwards.

Leaf-shaped in plan with incised panels of concentric rings and linear motifs between; cord to one end. 120 grams, 35.6 cm



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

Small lamp with a nude figure on the discus. 40.12 grams, 82 mm



From an important German collection, 1970s onwards.

D-section hoop with bezel formed as two hands encircling a heart with hatched cuffs and a crown above the thumbs. 5.98 grams, 23.63 mm overall, 19.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)



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

Silver gelatin black-and-white promotional press photograph of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, manufacturer's backprint ‘This Paper Manufactured by Kodak’, annotated on the back in blue ink "Rolling Stones (Musicians)" and "SN 11.12.94", consistent with a magazine or picture library archive; a period press print, distributed in 1994 during the Voodoo Lounge tour (1994–95); unsigned. 19 grams, 20.3×25.4 cm



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

With chain of thick twisted links, sliding latch mechanism to one fetter. 1.87 kg, 65 cm long



From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Comprising: border fragment with bearded male head in profile and female with tiara in front; female in profile with lotiform bowl and reed; female in profile approaching a hand-mirror, blue pigment to the field. 377 grams total, 10.1-14.5 cm



Acquired at auction in Geneva or Basel circa 1989. From the private collection of a Swiss gentleman collector, thence by decent 2018.

Flat-section equal-arm cross pendant with integral loop. 8.68 grams, 48 mm



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

Piriform in profile with flared base, strap handle, triangular pouring lip, hinged lid; to the equator a circumferential band with reserved scroll ornament and inset agate cabochon; above, a pounced tondo with reserved 'IHS' monogram and rosette border; lid with thumb-pad and cross on stepped base. 2.32 kg, 48 cm



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

Each an openwork trefoil handle and disc base; motifs comprising 'IW between asterisks', 'ID'flanking a plant, 'IW' flanking a plant, 'LI' retrograde) flanking a plant, each supplied with an impression. 15.44 grams total, 22-28 mm



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

Osiris represented in his most usual form in a closely fitting cloak as a swathed mummy, holding the crook and the flail in his hands, the long beard neatly braided, wearing the Atef crown with incised plumes on either side; standing on a high integral base inscribed in hieroglyphs with a prayer addressed to the god: 'Osiris, who is (in the West), may he give life (to) Amen-en-Nyut, son of Ipa-dy-su, born of the Mistress of the House, Ta-Horbes'. 6.2 kg, 43.5 cm high



From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by a copy of the sales booklet, which, in Peter's hand, reads: 'Written and illustrated by Peter Clayton'.

The original of this high-quality bronze casting is a black basalt figure of the Egyptian god Osiris, beautifully carved in the 26th Dynasty in the reign of the Pharaoh Psammetichus I (664-610 BC).