This is a lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, more than 2,300 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 7/16” long (11 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
This is a lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1200 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 1/2” long (13 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
This is an ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1250 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 5/8” long (16 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup. It was chipped by the artisan maker, who then used glaze to lock the piece back in place when it was fired.
This is an ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1250 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 1/2” long (13 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
An interesting early Acorn top Laten spoon, English, London c. 1580.
Acorn top and having flat hammered stem and a round touchmark for London in the oval bowl.
Size: 16,2 cm. long.
Condition: Very fine, wear and nice patina with remnants of old silvering intact and strong.
Provenance: Private Collection of Bjørn De Roepstorff, an important Danish castle / mansion collection of Early European antiques.
A scarce and attractive laten spoon with figural top in an unusual condition with preserved gilding, English c. 1630.
The top with a half length female bust and having a wire ‘gulley’ down the flat and bevelled tapering stem and a round touchmark in the oval bowl. The touchmark unusually crisp with the three keys and the lettering for the maker in London.
Size: 16,9 cm. long.
Condition: Extremely fine, superb metal for these, intact...
A scarce and attractive laten spoon with figural top, English c. 1600-1620.
The top with a cloaked figure standing, probably St. Andrews, interesting triangular stem and a round touchmark in the oval bowl. Interesting early type with complicated touchmark, but probably London.
Size: 16,9 cm...
A very attractive and fine condition gilt Laten spoon, English c. 1600.
Acorn top and having a wire ‘gulley’ down the flat and bevelled tapering stem and a round touchmark in the oval bowl with three crossed keys for London and the letters of the maker.
Size: 18 cm...
A very attractive and great condition, formerly gilt and tinned Laten spoon, English, London, c. 1600-1620.
Acorn top and having a wire ‘gulley’ down the flat and bevelled tapering stem and a round touchmark in the oval bowl that depicts a key and the letters RS.
Size: 17 cm...
A very attractive and great condition gilt Laten spoon, English c. 1600-1620.
Acorn top and having a wire ‘gulley’ down the flat and bevelled tapering stem and a round touchmark in the oval bowl.
Size: 17,7 cm...
A pair of strictly museum quality massive gothic candlesticks, probably Nuremberg / Nürnberg, renaissance, c. 1500-1550 AD.
These very large pricket canbelabras, probably for ecclesiastical use, doesn't come much better than this present pair. Stepped domed feet, baluster-shaped stems with flaring sockets. The prickets in iron.
Size: The candlesticks measure impressive 36 cm. in height and the bases are 14 cm. wide...
A very beautiful and very large terracotta head of a young girl, Greece, Hellenistic period, c. 3rd.-2nd. century BC.
Exceptional details with the efeu wreath and elaborate headdress.
Size: 10,2 cm. tall and 8,5 cm. wide.
Condition: Very fine, partly corroded, but sound hard, ready to display.
Ex. Collection of P. Treffz-Eichhöfer, Stuttgart, Germany, aquired 1980-2006.
A large Greek amphora handle, Rhodes, c. 3rd.-2nd. century BC.
The handle inscribed with a two line makers name / mark in Greek, fully readable.
Size: 10 cm. long and substantial.
Ex. Old European collection.
A finely polished and fully symethric Egyptian stone jar made of a type of beautiful chlorite stone, 3rd.-2nd. mill. BC.
The jar was used to hold cosmethics in the 3rd.-2nd. millenium BC. Nice marks of drill inside, recessed footring and a tiny rim also carved!
Size: 35 mm. wide.
Condition: Good Very fine, fine quality jar.
Ex. Old European collection, Ex. Liveauctioners.
A finely polished and fully symethric Egyptian stone jar made of hard black stone, 3rd.-2nd. mill. BC.
The jar was used to hold cosmethics in the 3rd.-2nd. millenium BC.
Size: 43 mm. wide and 35 mm. tall.
Condition: Good Very fine, fine quality jar.
Ex. Old European collection, Ex. Liveauctioners.
An attractive large unpolished, thinbladed Danish neolithic axe dating to late 4th-early 3rd mill BC.
Very good knapping details on the sides and several old collection tags - found in Korsør By 1939!
Size: c. 21,7 cm. in length.
Condition: Nice VF! Choice axe with edges and a lovely light brown marsh patina, small chip only visible at one side, othervise near EF.
Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964)...
An attractive large fishtail type of dagger, made in the late neolithic period, Daggertime-bronzeage, c. 2000-1600 BC.
A type with an elaborately knapped handle, stiched in the sides and full size for a grown hand. The blade chipped and resized in later periods. Looks originally like a type IV-V to us.
Comes with with very old collection tags and another tag written directly in black ink - found at Sorø 1909!
Size: c. 18 cm...
A high quality specimen of broadbladed silex axes, imitating the celts of the early European bronzeage, made in South East Denmark, during Late Neolithic to early bronzeage periods, ca. 1800-1600 BC.
The axe is partly polished and with visible seams,
in a wonderful completely calsified silex stone, so with a fine white patina and iron-oxide markings. Tagged 92 with old collection tags, and with the finding place and date 1885 in pencil - a very early provenance for these...