Rolls Royce Avon Fan Blade Jet Engine Coffee Table 'Raf Canberra', Unique Piece

Our vintage and rare Omega A. M. 6B / 169 was issued by the MoD to the Air Ministry (RAF) in 1956 to pilots and navigators. Using the robust Omega 302T2 - SC and cased (36mm stainles...

A unique piece within our carefully curated Vintage & Prestige fine jewellery collection, we are delighted to present the following: This pretty elegant dress ring is stone set with...

This tanzanite and diamond trilogy ring is truly a beautiful piece. Set in 18carat white gold, tanzanite is approx 7.5carat, diamond is approx 0.50carat. This ring comes in UK size L...

This 'art deco style' platinum from the 1900's diamond and ruby cluster ring comes in UK size L 1/2 / US size 6. A beautifully designed and vibrant piece.

A unique piece within our carefully curated Vintage & Prestige fine jewellery collection, we are delighted to present the following: This classic 9K white gold diamond tennis bracelet...

Our vintage and rare Patek Philippe Calatrava, reference 3520 features a 32mm (without crown) round 18k yellow gold case with attractive dark grey sunburst dial and white serif roman numerals, original Calatrava cross crown and unusually, a screw down caseback; powered by an eighteen jewel manually wound movement. Presented in outstanding condition for its age, this is the quintessential midcentury modern...

Absolutely beautiful Zuni Fetish Jet necklace with large heartline, bears, fish, and assorted animals with standing bear center. PERIOD: After 1950 ORIGI...

AMULET PENDANT WITH FIGA Spain, c. 1620–1630 Jet, silver, and enamel Weight 60.7 grams; dimensions 85 × 49 × 18 mm Large pendant in the shape of a hand carved from jet with a clinched fist in the figa (Spanish higa) gesture. In the palm of the hand is a heart carved in relief and on the back a six-ray star in a circle. The silver mount covers the wrist like a cuff and is decorated with a frilled border, and on the front with collet-set bosses with silver C-scrolls against blue enamel; on the back is a roundel in relief with floral motif. Domed base for the pendant loop in pea-pod form. The figa (also fica or higa) represents an age-old symbol of protection against the evil eye and other demonic threats. Its origins were pagan and buried deep in antiquity. Roman examples, such as one found recently in an archeological excavation in London, also make it clear that the protective qualities are based in a sexual symbolism–particularly the power of the phallus. The Roman bone figa/phallus in effect represents the phallus twice; that is, the gesture made by the figa hand is generally explained as fingers representing the female genitalia (vulva) penetrated by the phallus of the thumb. But other interpretations are less specific, including explanations that the left hand is the feminine principle, and the right hand is the masculine. In Spain, jet figa are common; we see one in the portrait of Anne of Austria the infanta (p. 75). That is not to say that the objects are not sumptuous or treasured. Jet was a very valuable material, and in many examples like this one, the figa is embellished with beautiful enameling or is even gem-studded. Comparable objects occur in equally sumptuous materials such as rock crystal. The enameled setting allows a dating of these objects that otherwise might prove difficult, given that the production of such objects in Spain is so consistent over centuries. Indeed, there is another, even more elaborately carved example in this collection, attached to the “magic belt” (no. 9). That example may belong to an earlier group. That figa includes deeply excavated carving, including on the upper surface, an M-shaped design that Walter Leo Hildburgh links to the heart shape (as it occurs more explicitly on this example). Hildburgh argues that its presence is especially common on these objects and that it originally represented the Sacred Heart of Mary...

Unique. One of a Kind Collection Piece. Jewel Eyed Shark Figurine in Sterling Silver. This palm sized Desk and Curio Showpiece is constructed in Highly Polished Solid Sterling Silver...

Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan Dim: H: 18 x W: 22 x D: 18 cm Wt: 5 kg Specimen Type: Large cabinet impressive piece of Microcline feldspar with Black...

Specimen Type: Pyrite Crystals on matrix Weight: 254 grams Dimensions: H: 9 x W: 5.8 x D: 4 cm Origin: Shibirghan District, Jowzjan Province, Afghanistan Treatment: None This is a...

THIS IS A RARE MONKEY BAND WITH NINE PLAYERS AND CONDUCTORS. THE MONKEY MUSICIANS ARE ANTIQUE AUSTRIAN VIENNA BRONZES. THE BAND INCLUDES THE CONDUCTOR WITH MUSIC STAND, DRUM, VIOLIN, TRUMPET, CELLO OR BASE, CYMBALS, FRENCH HORN OR TUBA AND FLUTE. These wonderful antique Austrian Vienna Bronzes (Bronze de Vienne...