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

Comprising an aqua glass seal with facetted handle, applied black glass frame; underside with incuse profile bust of a bearded man with tousled hair; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.7 grams, 21 mm



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

Mixed group of artefacts, including a key, an axehead, a radiate-headed brooch, a buckle and a section of a blade. 205 grams total, 4.1-14.3 cm



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

Comprising: elliptical type with mythic scene of nude Venus offering a bowl to Hercules, with Cupid below and Mercury to the rear; discoid type with a camel beneath a tree and three satyrs helping Silenus to ride it, all in a landscape; white plaster cast with bust of a Roman Catholic churchman wearing a biretta. 402 grams total, 8.1-12.6 cm



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

Including carnelian plaque in bronze frame with incuse bust of Minerva, similar with male bust wearing a periwig, and other types. 18.9 grams total, 18-31 mm



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

Various types including discoid with pierced lug, spherical, domed and other types. 1.75 kg total, 9-27 mm



Found Suffolk, UK. (UK buyers only, not for export)

Complete and in working order with bronze 'pea', low-relief radiating petal motif and raised rib to the equator with 'R' and 'W' both between annulets, for makers Robert Wells and his son from a foundry at Aldbourne. 168 grams, 71 mm



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

Comprising one slender, tapering, with a vent on both faces; one squat with a domed upper, knop finial. 41 grams total, 58-60 mm



Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984. Property of an Essex collector. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Glazed ceramic with hollow reverse, incised 'II / R / 0200 / Austria'; applied loops as fringe and ringlets, crimped eyebrows, voided eyes, suspension cord. 640 grams, 21 cm



Rudolf Knorlein (1902-1988). London private collection, 2016.

Comprising: terracotta gorgoneion mask with suspension holes; slipper-shaped oil lamp with wick. 216 grams total, 6.2-10.3 cm



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

Group of three hand-coloured mezzotints, each in border with title below: 'Guerriers Peruviens, Ancien et Moderne', 'Paysans Peruviens', 'paysannes du Peru', each with 'Labrousse del.' and 'St.Sauveur Direx' at foot. 11.9 grams total, 25 x 18.5 cm each



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

Composed of tubular beads with a paddle-shaped pendant, restrung. 13.8 grams, 28 cm



Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Composed of small tubular beads with a lozenge-shaped pendant, restrung. 1.80 grams, 30 cm



Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.