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Click here to subscribe1st-3rd century AD. Amber glass flask with bulbous body, dimple base, tapering neck, flared mouth folded into a pouring lip, applied handle to the rear. Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 334, for type. 57 grams, 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.). From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
Iron Age, circa 8th-6th century B.C. A globular flask with tubular neck and flared rim, loop handle to the shoulder and rib to the neck; concentric rings of red and black to the broad faces, radiating lines below the neck. 787 grams, 21.5 cm (8 1/2 in.). Ex London art market 1990s. From a London, UK, collection.
1st-4th century A.D. Including discoid spindle whorl, glass bead, bone pins, glass flask and other items. 420 grams total, 8-76 mm (1/4 - 3 in.). [21, No Reserve] From an old collection formed after WWII and believed to have been from Paestum. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
1st-2nd century A.D. With long, narrow neck separated from the body by a constriction; funicular mouth. Cf. Filarska, B., Szkla Starozytne (Ancient Glass) vol.II, Warszawa, 1972, II, cat.197-198, pl.XLII, nos.3-4, for similar unguentaria; Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 259. 19 grams, 12.3 cm (4 7/8 in.). [No Reserve] (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.) Ex W.Kern, Zurich, 1950s-1970s (d.1980s). Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00086748.A lachrymatory (from Latin lacrima, tear) is a type of earthenware or, more commonly, glass container found in Roman and Greek tombs, thought to be bottles into which the relatives of the deceased had dropped their tears. They most likely contained ointments, and the discovery of so many of these containers (unguentaria) in tombs is due to the use of ointments in funeral ceremonies. These lachrymatories are usually shaped like a spindle or flask with a long neck and a bulb-shaped body.
2nd-4th century A.D. With 'swan-neck' junction; facetted, round-section tapering shank; shallow bowl shaped like a flask in profile. Cf. Riha, E., & Stern, W.B., Die Römischen Löffel aus Augst und Kaiseraugst, Forschungen, in Augst 5, 1982, for discussion; cf. Jackson, C.J., The Spoon and its History, in Archaeologia, vol.53. 19.7 grams, 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.). Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, private collector. Accompanied by an illustrated collector's identification tag.The spoon's shaft tapers to a point; it was used for extracting seafood or snails from their shells. Spoons executed in precious metals were highly valued items in this period in history, so much so that historians and classicists see them recorded in inventories compiled for noble households. Cochlearia like this one have even been discovered in treasure hoards. The absence of Christian symbolism or of a Christian inscription on this spoon might suggest that it dates from a pre-Christian era, or that its owner/commissioner was pagan.
1st-2nd century AD. Comprising: a small unguentarium with iridescent surface; a small flask with rolled rim; terracotta oil lamp with lug handle. 71 grams total, 41-75 mm (1 5/8 - 3 in.). [4, No Reserve] From an old collection formed before WWII, and believed to have been found at Worcester, UK. Acquired from Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK, in 2007. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
CALCUTTA - AN INDIAN HIP FLASK COOKE & KELVEY, ‘PEARL & DIAMOND MERCHANTS, JEWELLERS, AND GOLD AND SILVER ART WORKERS’, LATE 19TH CENTURY Of traditional form, the body with engraved presentation inscription 13cm long, 6oz The partnership of Cook & Kelvey Calcutta, was formed by Robert Thomas Cooke who had been apprentice (or assistant) to Hamilton & Co from 1853 before opening in his own right in 1858 as a jeweller. In 1859 he joins with Charles Kelvey who since 1855 had worked with Charles Nephew & Co. The partnership proved successful and they would work together till 1881, however the firm would continue to modern times.
TWO ART DECO SCENT BOTTLES comprising a Sabino Glass perfume bottle in blue opalescent glass with a partially scalloped design to opposing sides, with an orange-red lopped glass stopper, etched 'Sabino' to the base with 'Made in Relief 0-79' to the underside, height including stopper 14cm x width 9.5cm (chip to the base of the stopper, one area of the glass translucent rather than opaque), and a Rene Lalique 'Dans La Nuit' scent bottle of blue flask form with an impressed 'Worth' mark to the one side, a stopper with a relief of a crescent moon and stars, '301' etched to the base of the stopper and bottle, 'R.Lalique' in relief to the base, height 13.5cm x width 9.5cm (small chip the rim of the bottle, areas of wear to the stopper indicative of use, light scratches to the base, fleabites to the edge of the stopper) (2) (Condition Report: itemised conditions above)
AN INDIAN POWDER FLASK AND AN OMANI POWDER FLASK the first of curled horn form and covered with leather bound by thin strips of silver, fitted with turned bone nozzle with stopper and silver chain, and with two iron rings for suspension; the second of white metal, of compressed horn form, fitted with spring lever cut-off and decorated with faceted beadwork, the first: 14.5 cm high (2)
A SOUTH INDIAN FLASK, POSSIBLY MALABAR 19TH CENTURY, 19TH/20TH CENTURY with turned wooden pear-shaped body, white metal and copper alloy fittings incorporating a moulded spout issuant from a Yali, threaded stopper and a rectangular loop for suspension, 20.3 cm high Provenance Roy Elvis (1944-2022) catalogue number I12
A VICTORIAN SILVER TRAVELLING COMMUNION SET, WILLIAM HUTTON & SONS, LONDON, 1884 comprising a small chalice with gilt interior on a knopped pedestal and octagram foot, a flask with 'crown' screw-on cap, ribbed neck and band of engraved stylised foliage, and a footed paten with everted rim engraved with further stylised leafage, chalice 83mm high, 165g all inReasonably good condition
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN CUT-GLASS SCENT BOTTLES WITH SILVER COVERS, CHARLES HENRY DUMENIL, LONDON, 1889 flattened flask form bodies with a variety of cutting, plain rim mounts, spiral fluted pull-off covers over ground glass stoppers, 132mm high; together with an elongated oblong Victorian dressing case bottle with screw-on plain silver cover over a glass stopper (3)Reasonably good condition
TWO VICTORIAN SILVER SCENT FLASKS both with screw caps, one bottle form with lobes flanking a matted ground band of foliage and a bird, S. Mordan & Co., London, 1888, the other flattened circular and covered in foliate strapwork on a matted ground, maker's mark indecipherable, Birmingham, 1887Reasonably good condition, but 'moon flask' (circular example) with light dent to one side and maker's mark double struck and rubbed
Early 20th Century French carriage timepiece with a white enamelled dial, black Roman numerals, enclosing an 8 day movement, in a 4 glass serpentine brass case with handle, H.12cm, in a diced leather case, (handle detached); J. W. Hawksley copper powder flask, James Dixon flask, and a leather flask. (5)
Daniel O'Connell - Victorian Brampton brown stoneware flask, the upper part modelled as the Irish Reformer with his arms folded, impressed "Daniel O'Connell" to the front and "Oldfield & Co. Makers" to the rear, H.27.5cm. (Notes: O'Connell "The Liberator", was a former Lord Mayor of Dublin and MP, championing liberal, reformist, and abolitionist causes. He successfully campaigned for the right of Catholics to sit in the British Parliament in 1829, and the abolition of slavery in Great Britain in 1833)Condition: Small chip to upper lip, crazing all-over lower part of flask, crack running from where crossed arms meet (see 3rd pic.), chip to one finger, other manufacturing defects
An Edwardian silver-mounted glass scent flask, maker HK, indistinct hallmarks, conical form, with relief embossed decoration, 8.5cm, in fitted leather caseHigh points of silver are heavily worn with numerous holes and light dents, screw-cap working, cork inside lid no glass stopper, hallmarks very worn, several very small nicks to glass but no major chips or cracks
An Edwardian silver-mounted glass spirit flask, Mappin & Webb, Birmingham 1902, with button bayonet cap and removeable beaker, with gilt interior, 16cm, 2.2oz weighableNo damage or repair, no chips or cracks to glass, inside cap has original cork, cap working, gilding slightly faded, hallmarks clear and matching
A late Victorian curved silver spirit flask, W & G Neal, London 1900, rectangular form with button bayonet cap, 13cm, 4.4oz, in fitted leather caseNo damage or repair, front has personalised engraving for Reading Electricity Works, general surface abrasions all over, bayonet cap and hinge working perfectly, interior cork slightly deteriorated, hallmarks slightly worn
Maggie Fisher and Everidge Stevens for Celtic Pottery, Newlyn "Brown Medallion" Lamp, Flask and Ovoid Vases Circa 1970s, glazed earthenware, the lamp rewired to the highest safety standards and presented with bespoke shade in original 1960s fabric made by Witty Dawn of Malvern, the vases with labels to bases.The lamp 36.5cm high including fittingGood condition, no damages to note, PAT test expired 4/11/24.
Three Art Glass Bottle Vases The first Swedish in green with clear foot, imported by Hans Geismar Ltd and retaining label, together with a blue vase in the style of Otto Brauer or Nanny Still and a tapered flask form vase, all unsigned.The first 31cm highThe William "Bill" Davies Collection of Scandinavian Glass.