Original Antique Map of Kent by E. Bowen

High-relief bust of a young lady facing right, her curly hair neatly pulled back to a chignon at the nape of her neck, jewelled diadem resting on top of the head; mounted in an unmarked high-carat gold brooch setting dating to the 19th century. 9.59 grams, 30 mm



Acquired on the European art market.

Buff-coloured reproduction paper poster with coloured image of a red windmill (Moulin Rouge), donkey carrying a scantily-clad female with other donkeys and females in the background; title in large red lettering 'Bal du Moulin Rouge Place Blanche' and at bottom blind stamp and 'Tous les soirs & Dimanche Jour / Grande Fête les Mercredis et Samedis'; lateral printer's note '(9)470 IMP.Chaix (Sucle. Chéret) 18, Rue Brunel, Paris'; and at bottom left 'Les Maîtres de l'Affiche Pl.53 / Imprimerie Chaix / (Encres Lorilleux & Cie.)'. 47 grams, 39.5 x 28 cm



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

The head, carved from pale green chalcedony, polished to a smooth lustre and with a drilled aperture at the crown, the hair in tight curls around the nape and crown; the silver-gilt torso dressed in a draped toga carefully chased with deep folds and traces of gilding across the high points; mounted on a later patinated bronze column stand in the neoclassical manner. 208 grams total, 10.9 cm high including stand



Acquired on the European art market.

This small-scale portrait evokes the Roman tradition of imperial portraiture and the early modern fascination with the ancient world. From the seventeenth century onwards, artists and collectors revived classical subjects through hardstone and gilt-metal compositions, often intended for display in Kunstkammer or Grand Tour contexts. The combination of a reused ancient or earlier element with a later mount was a practice typical of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, reflecting the period’s reverence for antiquity and its imaginative recontextualisation of ancient forms.