Roman Style Coral Gem with Facing Bust

Modelled in the round with heavy brow extending to a slightly aquiline nose, deep-set lentoid eyes above high cheekbones, a small mouth with lips slightly parted; the hair combed radially and the outer band parted centrally and gathered at the nape of the neck in a chignon; mounted on a custom-made stand. 32.3 kg total, 49 cm high including stand



Acquired prior to 1952. Hauser family collection, Zurich, Switzerland. French collection Madam X, acquired from the above 1984. UK private collection, 1997. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11984-206396.

Comprising four bricks with raised designs: scrolling vegetation; two monograms, one a merchant's mark, in roundels divided by an object with tiered base and billeted border; male and female facing busts within dot-dash border; worn crowned shield issuing flowering vegetation. 6.4 kg total, 13-14 cm



Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.

These glazed stove or floor tiles are similar to the ones of the great hall and the Tudor kitchens at Hampton Court Palace, made of ceramic, with a glaze to make it hard-wearing and washable. Not just the furnishings, but the palaces themselves were multi-coloured, with brick walls painted red, and exposed timbers in yellow, red, green and white

Mixed group of white clay smoking pipes, some with decorative bowl. 218 grams total, 7-21 cm



Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa mid 1980s. Property of an Essex collector.