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

Formed from a round-section shaft twisted to the centre, an oval bezel with a wide rim and ornate letters 'EEN' under plano-convex crystal in profile; maker's mark 'JB' to the underside, for John Brogden. 7.04 grams, 96 mm



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

With a slender hoop, an ellipsoid bezel with an intaglio deer motif. 2.57 grams, 23.58 mm overall, 19.03 x 20.10 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)



Ex property of a south London collector; acquired before 1980. Private collection, Suffolk, UK.

Carved in the round in the form of a fish with S-curved body in grey-white stone; the finial a bird's head and neck; fish-head with open jaws, lotus-flower knops as stoppers. 331 grams, 19.5 cm



Private collection, UK.

Landscape-format commercial poster for the Francophone refrigerator market: white ground with overprinted green field, black and red detailing; ident number 'REF/263' to lower left. 17 grams, 80 x 28 cm



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

General Electric white goods were marketed in French-speaking markets by the Frigéco company in the post-WWII era.

Subrectangular in plan with rounded ends, applied handle to reverse with modern hanger; high-relief calligraphic text. 865 grams, 32 cm



London, UK, collection.

Comprising: a profile bust of a mature bearded man, possibly depicting a philosopher; a profile bust of a youthful woman with dressed hair. 14.3 grams total, 29 mm each



Acquired on the European art market.

Forge-welded single-edged blade with rounded tip and integral baluster; wooden scales to both sides of the tang held in place with three peened studs on each side; punched crown maker's mark to one face. 28.9 grams, 19.5 cm



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

Group of spherical shots, including some with sprues, and some impacted examples. 675 grams total, 7-22 mm



Found Suffolk, UK. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.

Composed of polygonal, discoid, irregular and other beads, restrung with a hook-and-loop clasp. 55.1 grams, 55 cm



Acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. Ex London, UK, collection.

Comprising an openwork metal frame with a loop, set with a dark red glass intaglio with a seated mature man gazing downwards and dressed in voluminous robes. 6.67 grams, 29 mm



UK private collection, acquired on the English art market in the 2000s.

Rounded body with narrow neck and flared mouth, strap handle to the rear, the body showing a lively Dionysian procession with a satyr holding a long staff at the centre and a cymbal player behind him. 501 grams, 28 cm



Acquired in the early 2000s. From an important collection of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Beaded wire hoop with applied silver skull motif; usage wear to inner face. 2.93 grams, 25.00 mm overall, 16.81 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)



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