All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1486629
Extremely fine specimen of the earliest metal daggers known, BMAC / Indus, Chalcolithic period, 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.

Interesting and collectable daggers. Flat, leafshaped blade and very long, straight tang.

Size: 20,8 cm long.

Condition: Extremely fine, choice green patina and great metal. Uncleaned with earthern deposits.

Ex. Danish private Collection, aquired at the Copenhagen antiques market in the 1990s.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1484857
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A fine undamaged blackstone cylinder seal with an interesting depiction of wawy lines, perhaps snakes, Jemdet Nasr geomethric style, Mesopotamia, 3300-2900 BC.

Size: 16 mm.

Condition: Good Very fine, some clay deposits and dirt.

OBS! Comes with the original ID card from below collection.

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old col...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1920 item #1063858 (stock #01919)
A well-made and decorative antique English sterling silver swing-handle almond or nut basket, fully hallmarked for Birmingham. Described as an almond basket in an old Ryrie (Canada) catalogue, this 3-7/8" x 2-7/8" silver basket features fine openwork, a beaded edge and fancy feet; the handle has ornate decoration and the hinges are high quality. It has the maker's mark B.C, it weighs 44.9 grams, and it is in excellent condition with no dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1486349
A lot of 4 knapped silex points from the private collection of P.F. Wulff. We're selling this very old collection in smaller lots to give everyone a chance to own a small piece of the pre-historic Americas!

Fine lot with elaborate spear points, incl. types that are different!; in grey and brown silex, all dating around 10.000-6.000 BC. Lot includes a superb brown spearpoint with remnants of a paper-tag on one side.

Size: Up to 65 mm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1486385
A lot of 4 knapped silex points from the private collection of P.F. Wulff. We're selling this very old collection in smaller lots to give everyone a chance to own a small piece of the pre-historic Americas!

Lovely lot with some very elaborately knapped types in different kinds of fine stones. The lot includes types from c. 10.000 BC or earlier to perhaps as late as 2000 BC, more research is needed to accurately date each point...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Pre 1800 item #1487966
A nice early powder flask, Greater Persia, shaped as the first stomach of the Camel with fine engravings.

Size: 25 cm.

Condition: Intact, but with much patina and wear.

Ex. Old Danish Private Collection and the flask comes with an identity card from the collection, added in 1992.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1486383
A lot of 3 knapped silex points from the private collection of P.F. Wulff. We're selling this very old collection in smaller lots to give everyone a chance to own a small piece of the pre-historic Americas!

Lovely lot with some very elaborately knapped types in different kinds of fine stones. The lot includes early types from c. 4.000 BC or earlier to perhaps as late as 2000 BC, more research is needed to accurately date each point...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Tools : Pre 1900 item #1424026 (stock #G663)
Offered is a wonderful example of mid-19th century craftsmanship. This elegantly designed HAND ADZE exhibits a perfectly formed handle that fits in the palm of one's hand like a glove!

Hand adzes, which are swung with one hand, are used for smoothing or carving wood. This early adze with its captivating, primitive look exhibits appropriate wear commensurate with a modestly used tool of some 160 years of age...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1478203
An attractive stamp seal with two animals mirrored on the base within a frame, remnants of handle above, West Mesopotamia / Levantine, c. 2nd. mill. BC BC.

The seal carved in fine jet black stone.

Size: 16 mm. long and 15 mm. broad.

Condition: Very fine, nice affordable stamp seal, c...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1486338
A lot of 4 knapped silex points from the private collection of P.F. Wulff. We're selling this very old collection in smaller lots to give everyone a chance to own a small piece of the pre-historic Americas!

Fine lot with several substantial spear points, incl. types that are different!; in grey and brown silex, all dating around 10.000-6.000 BC.

Size: 57-61 mm.

Condition: VF-EF, nice patinas.

P.F. Wulff collection (c...
All Items : Antiques : Instruments and Implements : Tools : Pre 1900 item #1424083 (stock #G669)
Offered are two desirable hand tools from the mid 19th century.

The first tool is a diminutive hammer which was probably used to drive small nails and tacks. The handle measures 8.5 inches long and sports a shapely head made of iron. This hand wrought primitive tool has a nice original patina and shows wear commensurate with age.

The second tool is called a RACE KNIFE which was a tool of the carpenter, cooper, lumberman and shipwright...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1486438
A lot of three lovely points in silex and 1 in a fine translucent hardstone from the private collection of P.F...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1482524
A well-made flanged Javelin head, Danish stoneage, Neolithic period, Daggertime, latest fase, after 2000 BC.

Size: c. 8 cm. long.

Condition: Basically Intact with smaller ancient losses. Fine mottled brown patina.

Old danish collection of Estate Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964).

*** This item comes with a standard export license, when shipped outside Denmark. The license will be issued after sale - estimated delivery of the item with offici...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1486339
A lot of 3 knapped silex points from the private collection of P.F. Wulff. We're selling this very old collection in smaller lots to give everyone a chance to own a small piece of the pre-historic Americas!

Some very nicely knapped points in this lot, incl. a perfect fishtail type. Fine lot with different spear types, in pink, grey and brown silex, all dating around 10.000-6.000 BC.

Size: c. 52-55 mm.

Condition: VF-EF, nice patinas.

P.F. Wulff co...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1486347
A lot of 4 knapped silex points from the private collection of P.F. Wulff. We're selling this very old collection in smaller lots to give everyone a chance to own a small piece of the pre-historic Americas!

Fine lot with elaborate spear points, incl. types that are different!; in grey and brown silex, all dating around 10.000-6.000 BC.

Size: Up to 55 mm.

Condition: VF-EF, nice patinas.

P.F. Wulff collection (c. 1900-1920): The Collection consist...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Minerals : Shell : Pre 1900 item #1075975
The lorgnette handle with octagonal mother of pearl paneling in three sections divided by gold filled fixtures. the end with deep, bright engraved end cap and the telescoping gold filled extender with horn, dovetailed retainer and smaller, simple end cap. Good condition with an almost imperceptible small "flea bite" to a corner of one mother of pearl panel and a tiny dent in the gold filled ornamental end cap - also not at all distracting (try to find lower left leaf in our last enlargement.) Le...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Enamel : Pre 1910 item #1434013
1900s (late Meiji period) Japanese cloisonne napkin ring with decoration of various flowers on aventurine enamel background. Excellent quality work, vibrant colors, gilding to metal parts (worn from age), one stress line area - see Enlargement 5. Diameter 1 7/8 inches, width 3/4 inch.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1486436
A lot of three lovely points in silex and other finer hardstones from the private collection of P.F. Wulff. We're selling this very old collection in smaller lots to give everyone a chance to own a small piece of the pre-historic Americas!

The three points carved in hardstone and probably silex. 1 is Paleo-Indian from c. 10.000-8000 BC, the other two are later Neolithic points and incl. a rare elaborate type. Very hard material and amazing that they could manage to make such refine...