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Comprising: 'The Shadow of Opposition' etching, published 31 March 1788 by Thomas Cornell, monogrammed in the plate 'JS f', a satire on the Foxite Opposition, with the motto 'Stat Magni Nominis Umbra' and the verses 'Each Patriots Speech another Speech affords / The C—ns have their Echo in the L—ds'; 'The Managers in Distress, etching, published 11 April 1788 by Thomas Cornell, Bruton Street, monogrammed in the plate 'JS f' a satire on Burke, Fox and the other managers of the Warren Hastings impeachment, shown falling from a collapsing bridge: 'D—n the Piers they won't support us', punning on the House of Lords 'Peers'; both mounted. 282 grams total, 32.5 x 32 - 35 x 30 cm



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

Sayers was one of the leading political caricaturists of the 1780s, a supporter of Pitt, and best known for his attacks on Fox and the Hastings prosecution. Both prints were published by Thomas Cornell, Sayers's regular publisher, within a fortnight of each other during the early months of the Hastings trial.

Comprising: rectangular fragment with upper body of a Greek lady holding up a jar and reed-pipe, head of another before her balancing a tray with folded cloth; upper body of a woman in profile with arms extended placing a casket on a table; architrave with decorative border and door, head of a lady adjusting her diadem and chald behind her. 600 grams total, 11-20.6 cm



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

Oval seal matrix with a domed casing with a small central flower surrounded by radiating lines, set with a milky glass intaglio depicting a Julio-Claudian figure, draped and facing left; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 4.89 grams, 21 mm



Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, 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-371880.

Large lamp with basal ring, the discus with a young warrior gripping the reins of a horse. 114 grams, 12.3 cm



From an important German collection, 1970s onwards.

The bowl piriform in plan with volute nozzle and domed foot; heart-shaped void to the discus; arched handle developing to a rosette with foreparts of a leaping horse emerging. 280 grams, 11.9 cm



Ex important German collection, 1970s onwards.

D-section hoop with bezel formed as clasped hands. 2.66 grams, 22.04 mm overall, 18.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)



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

Mixed group of jug fragments, including a handle, a large fragment with a medallion, and others. 675 grams total, 2.4-11.1 cm



From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Comprising a D-section decorated hoop, the shoulders formed as reclining birds supporting a rectangular bezel set with a black intaglio with a butterfly motif. 6.88 grams, 29.69 mm overall, 19.65 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)



Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Mixed group of keys with looped handles. 41 grams total, 24-59 mm



Aquired on the UK art market circa 1990s. From the collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.

Including four miniature amphorae each with a ribbed collar to the neck, and a fifth with sealing wax at the mouth. 130 grams total, 9.2-14.2 cm



with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016.

Comprising a D-section hoop with openwork shoulders terminating in two bird heads, a tall bezel decorated with similar motifs and set with a bluish-green cabochon. 9.28 grams, 30.17 mm overall, 19.86 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)



Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Comprising: border fragment of profile female with long hair and palla, diadem and earrings; another similar to previous extending to hip-length, arm bent and hand supporting a bowl while the other hand supports a cockerel; profile view of a robed figure in a chair with flower and dove beneath. 550 grams total, 11.3-17.3 cm



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