Items acquired over half a century to be auctioned at Bellmans

This October Bellmans Auctioneers, Wisborough Green is to auction a large collection of antiquities. The collection will be sold on 11th October from 10.30am.

By The Newsroom

Published 5th Oct 2013, 13:08 BST

The sale includes an eclectic mix of items from Byzantine bronze lamps to an Etruscan terracotta votive foot. The collection will be fully illustrated on www.bellmans.co.uk and is open to view from Friday 4th October.

The collection has been privately consigned by a local gentleman. The items have been acquired over half a century through auctions, dealers and antiques fairs.

Sale highlights include a Byzantine bronze lamp. The piece has an octagonal nozzle, knopped lid and arching double foliate handle, with leaf shaped thumb spur, circa 5th-7th Century A.D. and is expected to realise between £500 - £700.

The sale has live bidding available at the-saleroom.com. For more information and to register your details to be notified when the sale is online, please visit www.bellmans.co.uk.