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With broad tiered foot, stem flaring to a wide collar with median band, conical upper body and flared mouth with crenellated rim; horizontal bands of scrolled tendrils and roundels reserved on a pounced field; four rosettes to the equator each with an inset polished agate bulb; inscription to foot 'Presented to West St. Giles Parish Church by Mrs Fletcher on the occasion of the Renovation of the Church October 1927'. 2.87 kg, 33 cm



From West St. Giles Parish Church, 1927. Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.

Composed of tubular beads with a thick, triangular pendant; restrung. 12.1 grams, 29 cm



Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Including elephant modelled in the round, plano-convex type with incuse scorpion, similar with ant and other types. 12 grams total, 6-17 mm



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

Comprising: banded agate teardrop with incuse image of a shepherd with staff bowing beneath a tree, dog at his heel; carnelian cabochon with incuse horse, chariot and driver. 15 grams total, 20-32 mm



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

Rectangular in section with broad tip and rear edge. 373 grams, 96 mm



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

Such tools were used to drive caulking materials (horsehair, pitch, hemp rope, etc.) into the gaps between the strakes of ships.

Round body with a wreath design on the shoulder, four-leaf clover on the discus. 78 grams, 93 mm



From an important German collection, 1970s onwards.

Leaf-shaped in plan with incised panels of concentric rings and linear motifs between; cord to one end. 120 grams, 35.6 cm



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

Small lamp with a nude figure on the discus. 40.12 grams, 82 mm



From an important German collection, 1970s onwards.

D-section hoop with bezel formed as two hands encircling a heart with hatched cuffs and a crown above the thumbs. 5.98 grams, 23.63 mm overall, 19.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)



Acquired in the 1970s-1980s. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Silver gelatin black-and-white promotional press photograph of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, manufacturer's backprint ‘This Paper Manufactured by Kodak’, annotated on the back in blue ink "Rolling Stones (Musicians)" and "SN 11.12.94", consistent with a magazine or picture library archive; a period press print, distributed in 1994 during the Voodoo Lounge tour (1994–95); unsigned. 19 grams, 20.3×25.4 cm



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

With chain of thick twisted links, sliding latch mechanism to one fetter. 1.87 kg, 65 cm long



From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Comprising: border fragment with bearded male head in profile and female with tiara in front; female in profile with lotiform bowl and reed; female in profile approaching a hand-mirror, blue pigment to the field. 377 grams total, 10.1-14.5 cm



Acquired at auction in Geneva or Basel circa 1989. From the private collection of a Swiss gentleman collector, thence by decent 2018.