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

With a kidney-shaped loop; a rectangular plate with an engraved lion passant, a raised border with four raised cells with white enamel, and four triangular-section rods securing a central cell with white enamel. 15.3 grams, 38 mm



Found Bedford, UK, on 10th November 2011. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BH-715066.

Keeled hoop with expanding shoulders, oval bezel with deeply punched ring-and-dot motifs. 7.29 grams, 22.50 mm overall, 19.05 x 17.38 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.

Set in a glazed wooden frame, comprising fifteen dress hooks with decorative panels, including floral, bust, and cross motifs. 750 grams total, 25.3 x 25.3 cm



Ex A.G. collection, West Midlands, UK.

A flat discoid pendant with gilded obverse showing a motif of a stylised flower. 4.3 grams, 29 mm



Ex retired East Anglian school teacher, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK, 1960s-1980s.

The lock heater-shaped in section with a separate sliding mechanism, key with voided shank. 325 grams total, 4.9-10.6 cm



From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Thick transverse bar with a swivel mount with a large loop above, traces of inscription on the bar. 50.4 grams, 76 mm



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

Tapering spigot with a hole, handle formed as a cockerel in profile. 37.7 grams, 53 mm



Acquired early 2000s. Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Central roundel with a hare riding a hound and blowing on a hunting horn; border with legend 'SOHOV ROABIN'; supplied with an impression. 10 grams, 25 mm



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

This is an example of what is probably the most popular of all medieval seal matrix designs, the World Turned Upside Down image of the hare riding on the hound and blowing a hunting horn. The device is found in English illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, floor tiles, etc. The legend is composed of the medieval hunting-cry, Soho! and the name of the dog – most commonly, Robin – as here, though slightly garbled.

Modelled in round on a discoid platform, engraved mane, head and leg details. 47 grams, 39 mm



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

Discoid with pierced tag, central image of Mary and infant Jesus, border with cross above the figures' heads, blundered legend or pseudo-script; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 3.89 grams, 23 mm



From an old English collection, Bournemouth, UK. Ex Parthenon Gallery, London, UK, 2001. Property of a North London, UK, private collector.

Comprising flat-section hoop with ribbed outer face and sun-shaped bezel holding an iridescent cabochon; flat-section hoop with ribbed outer face, applied pellets to each arm, circular bezel enclosing a red glass cabochon. 12.36 grams total, 25-26 mm



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

Circular seal matrix with an eight-pointed star or flower as the central device, surrounded by a retrograde legend reading '+S'WILL'I FIL' ANSELLI-' with the final symbol being a place filler, translating to 'seal of William son of Ansell', the reverse with an incomplete suspension lug and an inked collector's note; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 14.7 grams total, 28 mm



Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Brookland, Kent, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-FAD34F.