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

A group of pewter spoons, each a broad shallow bowl with chamfered rim, trapezoidal-section handle, stamped at the junction of bowl and handle with a rosette and crown bearing initials 'HK'; one with further stamped letters 'I K D'. 286 grams total, 18.1-18.9 cm



Acquired on the London art market prior to 1980. Private collection, Suffolk.

Composed of small annular turquoise and other beads. 4.48 grams, 36 cm



Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection.

Tall slender neck with baluster collar, socket to the mouth and domed lid with knop handle; piriform body with fluting, trumpet-shaped foot; curved spout with dragon-head detail to mouth. 3.49 kg, 48.8 cm



Private collection, UK.

Hanging chatelaine with a hinged hexagonal container suspended from one side and three grooming tools on the other end. 18.45 grams, 11.3 cm



Acquired on the European art market.

A silver chessman-type seal matrix with pierced trefoil head; central heraldic heater shield with three crossbows. 8.58 grams, 26 mm



Private collection, Europe. Acquired on the English art market.

The surnames associated with this crest are: Hurell, Hurle or Hurrell.

Printed poster on mid-blue coarse paper with rose overprint; Guildhall Portsmouth concert with 'Colosseum' band and 'New Jazz Orchestra'. 22 grams, 76.2 x 51 cm



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

'Colosseum' were an innovative band in the late 1960s, mixing blues, rock and jazz-based improvisational styles. Members of the group were previously with John Mayall's 'Bluesbreakers'. The original band split up in 1971, and reformed in 1994 and toured in Germany and elsewhere. With a new line-up, they are still playing today.

Composed of a tapering and facetted body, a flattened pierced terminal. 6.2 kg, 29.5 cm



Found Thames foreshore at Deptford, UK, circa 1996.

An oval cameo with profile bust of youthful Hermes wearing a petasos. 7.4 grams, 29 mm



Acquired on the European art market.

Oval cameo with profile bust of a young warrior with curly, long hair wearing a helmet with a long neck guard. 1.53 grams, 19 mm



Acquired on the European art market.

Comprising a colourful mix of cylindrical and spherical beads, including some millefiori examples. 454 grams total, 18-32 mm



From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.

Discoid container with repoussé panel to the lid depicting a landscape with flowers, a beer-barrel and a standing figure in 17th century costume holding a purse in one hand and a goblet in the other. 173 grams, 10.8 cm wide



Private collection, Europe. Acquired on the English art market.

Modelled standing and holding a bulbous spouted container in his extended hands, stylised head with projecting ears and open mouth; repaired. 1.92 kg, 30 cm



Private collection of Dr Alvin M. Soffe (c.1922-1995) and Elizabeth Ann Soffe, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, acquired circa 1960s-1970s, thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of a letter no.S00256668 from the Art Loss Register confirming that this item was not found on their database.