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

Composed of graduated spherical, oblate and other beads, the pendant a re-used bangle fragment; restrung. 19.61 grams, 42 cm



Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Discoid in plan with short rounded nozzle and lug handle; two bands of pellets to the shoulder and rim to the discus; inked '386' to base. 53.7 grams, 86 mm



Ex important German collection, 1970s onwards.

Squat in profile with pierced lug handle and D-shaped nozzle; band of impressed petals to the shoulder, low-relief bust to the discus; underside with impressed 'MA[.]VSI' mark. 63 grams, 10.8 cm



Ex J.R. collection, Netherlands, since before 2000. Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above.

Modelled in round with bent legs, arms supporting a raised chin and a rope detail around the neck; four openings to the body for attachment. 21.7 grams, 42 mm



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

Brown-yellow translucent intaglio with an engraved billy goat with long horns, goatee and shaggy fur ambling to left on a groundline. 0.42 grams, 13 mm



Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 252, 25-26 September 2007, no.1592.

Comprising three pairs of tweezers, each with linear and dot decoration, one with an absent arm. 21.8 grams total, 57-73 mm



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

Including one with pin-lugs for a hinged lid, one with scooped thumb-pad, and other types. 175 grams total, 52-89 mm



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

With a bulbous body, long tubular neck with flared mouth, stamped circle decoration to the upper half. 290 grams, 15 cm



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

P-shaped type with incised crossbar and three circular finials, long ribbed bow and curved foot; iron pin to reverse. 30.6 grams, 86 mm



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

Bulbous body with a rounded base and a tall tubular neck with an everted rim. 19.8 grams, 10 cm



Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s.

Stepped rim of a vessel with everted rolled lip, low-relief frieze depicting a reclining lady in profile on a couch with a wine-cup in one hand, rosettes flanking a poplar tree, small child holding a rosette (basket of fruit) led by the hand by an advancing figure in a large cloak, hand of another figure raised in front; old collector's label to reverse 'Young Achilles led to Chiron the centaur by his mother, Thetis'. 91 grams, 91 mm



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

Comprising a zebu with folded legs and text above, profile bust with text behind the head and camel in profile with burden. 13.1 grams total, 17-27 mm



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