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

Ellipsoid in plan with intaglio crayfish motif; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.63 grams, 13 mm



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

Each with a round-section body and a sharply pointed end, the other end flattened to form the eraser. 23.9 grams total, 11.2 -13.6 cm including stand



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

A hollow-formed bronze oil lamp with two scooped nozzles, a ring handle with a heart-shaped finial. 140 grams, 10.3 cm



London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.

Standing on an integral base with its wings folded, incised feather detailing to the body and wings. 14.9 grams, 28 mm



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

Bulbous body with a flattened base, and a tubular neck expanding slightly towards the rim. 16.7 grams, 81 mm



Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s.

Discoid clay mould with an impressed design of a coin on each face, one side with a radiate profile bust. 4.26 grams, 28 mm



London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.

Composed of graduated spherical, oblate and other beads, the pendant a re-used bangle fragment; restrung. 19.61 grams, 42 cm



Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Discoid in plan with short rounded nozzle and lug handle; two bands of pellets to the shoulder and rim to the discus; inked '386' to base. 53.7 grams, 86 mm



Ex important German collection, 1970s onwards.

Squat in profile with pierced lug handle and D-shaped nozzle; band of impressed petals to the shoulder, low-relief bust to the discus; underside with impressed 'MA[.]VSI' mark. 63 grams, 10.8 cm



Ex J.R. collection, Netherlands, since before 2000. Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above.

Modelled in round with bent legs, arms supporting a raised chin and a rope detail around the neck; four openings to the body for attachment. 21.7 grams, 42 mm



Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.

Brown-yellow translucent intaglio with an engraved billy goat with long horns, goatee and shaggy fur ambling to left on a groundline. 0.42 grams, 13 mm



Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 252, 25-26 September 2007, no.1592.

Comprising three pairs of tweezers, each with linear and dot decoration, one with an absent arm. 21.8 grams total, 57-73 mm



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