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.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : European Medieval : Pre AD 1000 item #1491490
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...
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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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Sculpture : Pre AD 1000 item #1491432
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.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Greek : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1491418
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.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1491414
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.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1491413
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.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491408
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)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491406
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491405
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491404
A fully polished axe with a slightly 'hanging' edge, scarce type of the 4th. millenium BC.

The axe is greyish patinated silex with fine fossils included. 19th...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491402
An impressive polished greystone axe, from the great buriel mounts of Denmark, in the later 4th.-3rd. mill. BC.

The axe carved by micro-crushing and polishing the surface into the large curving broadsides towards the edge and butt. The axe with old tags, found at the island Lolland.

Size: 23,7 cm. long and 9,4 cm. wide. Heavy axe weighing c. 1.8 kilograms!



Condition: Near EF and as made with a sharp edge and very old patina.

Provenance: Ca...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491401
An attractive childs dagger, made in the late neolithic period, Daggertime-bronzeage, c. 2000-1600 BC.

Finely knapped in in a silex with a rare pinkish patina! Comes with a 19th. century collection tag and another tag written directly in white ink from a pre-WWII collection.

Size: 12,9 cm. long

Condition: Very fine, intact with a few tiny losses.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI and WWII at Svær...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Pre AD 1000 item #1491400
An attractive unpolished, thinbladed Danish neolithic axe dating to late 4th-early 3rd mill BC.

Very nicely knapping details on the sides and old collection tag - Found at Mols, Jylland.

Size: c. 17,4 cm. in length.

Condition: Good VF, choice axe with a lovely brown patina. a few minor chips.

Provenance: Castle Gardener Peder Søren Petersen (1882–1964). Mainly found between WWI and WWII at Sværdborg mose (eng. marsh) and Køng mose at Southern Z...