Late Roman transport amphora of the type Keay 25. Africa Proconsularis, ca. 350 - 450 AD. H preserved 103cm and with stand 107.5cm. Red-brown clay. Elegant form and with a beautiful stand! Foot tip broken, with marine growth. Provenance: Ex collection E. P., Bavaria, since before 2010.

B.S.A. A .300 (ROOK) SINGLE-SHOT MARTINI-ACTION ROOK & RABBIT RIFLE, serial no. 11254, circa 1912, with blued slightly tapering 25 1/4in. barrel signed behind the ladder rear-sight 'MADE BY THE BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS CO. LTD., ENGLAND' and 'CARTRIDGE .300', dove-tailed fore-sight with shallow ramp, a Union of South Africa 'U' mark to nocksform, slab-sided receiver with the BSA trademark to the left side and take-down screw to the right, the back of wrist drilled for a peep-sight (absent, stock not inlet), walnut butt-stock with iron heel-plate, under-lever cocking and walnut splinter fore-end. Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament