Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Getty Research Institute https ://arch ive .org/details/antiq u itiescu rioOOsoth fiv } >■ V, . .< . - ' A CATALOGUE OF AN ENTIRE COLLECTION OF \% 02 ^ ' 6 Lo^oT ANTIQUITIES AND CURIOSITIES OF THE LATE SAMUEL TYSSEN, Efq, KA.S.' \ OF NARBOROUGH.HALL, IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK^ CONSISTING OF 1 Ancient Bronzes; Gems; Regal, Baronial, and Ec- clesiastical Seals; moft beautiful Tapestry; Paintings; a Telescope by Nairn and Blount; fome Philosophical Instruments, &c. Which, by Order of the Admlniflrator, (The Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. E.) WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, L > ^ ^ BY LEIGH, SOTIIEBY, ST SON, At their House, in York-Street, Covent-Gardeu, On TUESDAY, May 18 , 1802 , JT TWELVE OXLOCK. To be viewed on Saturday, May 15tb, to the Time of Sale. Catalogues to be had at the Px,ac£ of Salf. PRINTI.D SY T. SVRTON, IITUS QVBSM*STRC£T. CONDITIONS OP SALE. L That the Perfon who bid moft be the Buyer, but if any Difpute arife, the Lot or Lots be put up to Sale again, IL That no Perfon advance lefs than Six-pence, under Five Shillings ; above One Pound, One Shilling ; above Five Pounds, Two Shillings and Six-pence ^ and fo on in Proportion, III. That each Perfon give in his Name, and pay Five Shillings in the Pound (if demanded) for what he buy ; and that no Lot be delivered in Time of Sellings unlefs firjt paid for, IV. The Lots muft be taken away at the Buyer’s Expencc, and the Money paid at the Place of Sale, within T wo Days after the Sale be ended. Gentlemen who cannot attend the Sale, may have their Commiffions executed by their moft humble Servants, Leigh^ Sotheby, & Son. A CATALOGUE; '&c. SEALS, Regal, Baronial, Ecclejiajlical, and Civil. ORIGINAL MATRICES. 1 A Private Seal of Edward IV, A Seal of Henry VII. Ditto of Henry VIII. all unpublijhed — 3 2 The Great Seal of Henrietta Maria, Wife of Charles I. Fide Archccologia^ vol. 5. pi, 24 1 3 The Seal of the Parliament , of the Commonwealth of England, hy T. Simon. Vide Vertue, iab. 5. Jig. 2 I 4 The Seal of Elizabeth, Lady of Seven-Oaks. Vide Hajled's Hijlory of Kent. The Seal of Thomas Roos, Lord of Hamlake. Vide DugdalJs Baronage, and the ExtinB Peerage. And an ancient Seal of John Byfshe, all unpuhlijhed — — 3 5 Seal of Peter le Neve, Norroy King at Arms, in fiver, wt, 3 oz. 2> dwt, I — — — 1 BEDFORD. 6 Seal of the Priory of Bedford. HERTFORDSHIRE. Seal of Robert JefFray, Archdeacon of Hertford. B E 4 ] KENT. An ancient Seal of Dover, and a Sede Vacante of the See of Canterbury, all unpublijhed — 4* ESSEX. * 7 A Seal of the Brethren of the Guild of St. Helen, Col- chefler ; and a Seal of the Convent of Hatfield 2 Regis, or Broadoak, unpuhUJhed — — EIAMPSHIRE. 8 Seal of the Hofpilal of St. Croix, near Winchefler; and the Seal of Quar Abbey, in the Ifle of Wight 2 LONDON. 9 The ancient Seal of the Brewers Company, in fdvevy weight 7 oz. 15 pennyweight 1 10 The Seal of St. John of Jerufalem, Clerkenwell, the face of fiher ; an engraved Copper-plate of Ditto ; and the Seal of the Abbot of the Monaffery of our Lady of Grace, near Smithfield, unpublijhed — 3 MIDDLESEX. ' 11 The Seal of the Monaftery of Sk Mary Magdalen, near Mile-end; a Seal of the Priory of Hounflow ; and 1 of the Priory of the Holy Angels, in the Marfli Lands, near Brentford, dated 1484, all unpublijhed 3 KENT. 12 Seal and Counter- feal of Langdon Abbey, unpublijhed 1 LINCOLNSHIRE and NORFOLK. 13 Seals of the Ecclefiafiical Court for each of the above Counties, in the Time of Queen Elizabeth, both unpublijhed 2 LEICESTERSHIRE. 14 Seal of the Chapel of St. James, in Bottellesforth NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. A Seal of the Church of Toworth, alias Torworth, both unpublijhed — — -2 [ 5 ] NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 15 Seal of Thomas Wolfey, S.T.P. Archdeacon of Norfh- ampton, in filver ; weight 3 o%, 9 pennyweight. Fide P^et, Mon. vol. I, p/. 59 — — 1 SOMERSETSHIRE. 16 Seal and Counter-feal of the Monaftery of Athelme. P^ide plates publijhed by Snelling. And the Seal of the Chapel of Milverton, unpublijhed — 2 SUFFOLK. 17 The Seal of the Town of Dunwich ; 2 different Seals of Dunwich Abbey, nnpuhlifhcd ; the Seal of Ipfwich ; and the Seal of the Eccleliaffical Court for Suffolk, in the Time of Queen Elizabeth 5 YORKSHIRE. 18 The Seal and Counter-feal ofCottingham Abbey. P~ide Vet. Mon. vol. \, pi. 5 ~ — — 1 19 An ancient Seal of the Cathedral of York; and 1 of the Chancellor of the Diocefe, both unpublijhed — 2 DURHAM, &c, 20 Seal of the Chancellor of the Diocefe of Durham ; Seal of the Dean of Hereford, L B. ; Seal of Robert Chaplain, of Codford, in Wiltfliire ; and a Seal of the Jurifdidion of Little Malvern, Worceflerlhire ; all nn publijhed 4 20*The Seal of John, Lord Bifliop of Limerick, in Ireland^ cut on Stone, ( a very uncommon Jpecimeri ) — ? 1 21 An ancient Seal for fome Order of St. George, probably the one inffituted in Paleffine by Richard 1. during the Holy Wars ; on the Contour, Ferari An Cordi Teneas, O Sante Georgi ?” unpublijhed — 1 22 Twenty-hve various foreign Seals, and Seals not ej^- plalned — — — — 23 Twenty-five Ditto — — 24 Twenty- five Ditto — — 25 Twenty-five Ditto — — 26 Twenty-five Ditto — — 27 Fifty Ditto, among them 2 Silver, with Perfian Infcrip- tions — — 5a 21* A Silver Seal of the Earl of , xvcight \ oz. 16 pennyweight • -r- — j CN O) 01 Ci E 6 ] 27** A Steel Seal of the Duke of ; 1 other Steel Seal ; and a Jett Seal of Jordan Fitz-Suaine — S 28 Seventeen Copper-plates of Seals, Jome puhli/hedy others unpubU/hed — — I ORIGINAL SEALS, Either appendant to, or Jeparated from, ancient Deeds, 29 Gold Seal of Edmund, King of Sicily, Spn of Henry HI. This verp curious Sealfor7nerly belonged to Lord Oxford, and is engraved in the Tfeiujia Monumenta, . See vol. 1, p. 43 ; arid Archceologia, voL 4, p. 190 1 30 The Great Seal of Henry III. in the finejl prefervation 1 51 The Great Seal of Edward I. appendant to a Deed; and 2 Ditto of Edward III. ; ojie mthe finef prefer- vaiion, and appendant to a deed 3 52 One of the 41ft Year of Edward III. appendant to a Deed ; beautifully preferred and mipublifhed — | 35 One of Richard II. appendant to a Grant to the Hof- pital of St. Giles at Norwich, in the finejl preferva- tipn — ; 1 34 One of Richard II. appendant to a Deed; and I of Edward IV. fijiely preferred, and notin Sandford % 53 One of Henry VII. pro Brevibus Coram Jufticiariis, appendant to a Deed, and beautifully preferred; 1 Ditto of Henry VIII. ; and I of Henry VIII. pro Brevibus Coram Nobis ; all unpublijhed 36 One of Henry VII. pro Brevibus Coram Jufticiariis, appendant to a Deed, and finely preferred; 1 of Henry VIII. for the Augmentation-Ofhee ; and 1 of Elizabeth ; all unpublifhed — — ^ 37 One of Edward VI. ; one of Elizabeth, pro Brevibus Coram Jufticiariis ; one of Ditto, pro Brevibus Co- ram Nobis; 1 Ditto, pro Scacari ; all unpublijhed: and 1 Great Seal of Queen Mary, not in Saridford 4 38 The Great Seal of Elizabeth, beautifully preferred, and formerly appendant to a grant hy a fitref firing 2 39 The Great Seal of Elizabeth ; Ditto of James I. both well preferred — 40 The Great Seal of Oliver Cromwell, byr T Simon, well preferred | 41 Seal' of Pfiebard, Earl of Cornwall and Poidiers ; Ditto of Stephen deTurnham, with a Counter-teal, having a Head of one of the Saflanlan Kings, from an an- cient Gem, with Characters, very fair ; a Seal of Mavillea de Gatton ; and 10 more of the ancient Barons, very fine — — 13 CT' [ 7 ] f 2 Forty-two Seals of ancient Fnglifli Families, from the Time of Edward 1. to Henry VII. moftly of the County of Norfolk — r* 43 Forty-two Ditto — — 7 - 42 44 The Seal of the Cathedral of old St. PauFs ; Ditto of the Lord Mayor of London ; the old Seal of St. John of Jerulalem, Glerkenwell ; Seal of the Mer- chant Taylors Company ; and 1 of the Savoy Hof- pital ; all mipnblijhed *r~“ 5 45 Twenty-four Eccleliaftical Seals of the County of Nor- folk, fever al unpuhlifhed ■ ■ - » 24 46 The Seal of -the Cathedral of Norwich, with an in- fcribed Edge ; and 1 Ditto as altered by Bifliop Berk ; both unpuhlifhed ... . .i..-.-. > 2 47 Eight Seals of the City of Norvylch, and 3 of Lynn, Jonm unpublijhed — — - ' 1 1 48 Seal of Richard Fleming, Bifliop of Lincoln; 4 Ec- clefiaflical Seals of Lincolnfliire, and I of ^amfay Abbey in Huntingdonfliire ; all unpubllfhed 6 49 Two Seals of Langley Abbey, Hertfordfliire ; I of But- ley Abbey, Suffolk ; 1 of Southwell College, Not- tinghamftiire ; the Seal of the Mayor of Northam- ton ; 1 of the Town of Sandwich ; and 2 more 8 50 Various Regal, Baronial, and Ecclefiaftical Seals 51 Various Impreffions of Seals Various Antique Bronzes and Antiquities^ Gems, Paintings, ^Tc. SHc, BRONZES. 51*JupIter Serapis, and Apollo, both antique, upon beautiful marhle Jiands, The Apollo is of very fine workmanjhip, 2 52 A Venus, a Mercury, and an Ancient Philofopher, all antique. (The bronzes in this and the three following lots, were dug up at Devizes, in Wilifhire, and are engraved in Mufgrave’s Antiqiiitates Britanno- BeJgicae) ^ 53 Three Deities - ■- — . 54 Three Ditto — — 55 A remarkable helmeted Figure, Ilrangling two fnakes; a Priapus ; fix Phalli ; and a Fibula — 9 56 Four Various Antiquities, and an Ancient Thumb Screw -7 ...... ■ 5 u ^ [ 8 ] 57 An Ancient Seal, a Roman Weight, and three other Antiquities — — . 5 58 An Ancient Lamp, four Bronzes, and a Cameo, in fteel ■ ' 5 59 A beautiful Head of one of the Queens of France, brought from thence during the late dijlurbances 60 Three Heads of three Hiftorical Pieces, inbafo relievo, 6 61 Four Hiftorical Pieces, bi bajfo relievo, two of them in filver, and two in copper — 62 Two Battle Pieces, in bajfo relievo — 63 Four Bacchanalian Pieces, in bajfo relievo — — i 64 Two Belts, three Spear Heads, all very fine — VARIOUS CURIOSITIES. 65 A Head, in alahafler; a fmall Hand,yi'07w Herculaneu7n ; and a Caft, in enamel, of Arfinoe, Wife of Ptolemy the Fourth, by IJffie 66 The Crucifixion, a bedntful ancient enamel — 67 A Scotch Broach, of curious wcfrkmanjhip, in the centre is a druid'" s head, and rou7id it various pearls. — Under- nealh is the following infcription ; The fiver oar of the broach was found on the efate o/Lochbuy, in Mull, and made by a tinker on that efate, about the year 1 300. ■It was handed down by the ladies of that family to one^ another, till Anna Campbell, lady to Murdoch McLean, , who had no male ijfue, gave it to Ifabella M‘Lean, their daughter, Jpoufe to John Scrogie, Efq. to whom fhe prefenied it the day after their marriage. N. B. The above is engraved and mentioned by Mr Pennant, in his Tour in Scotland, 1772, part 2d, page 14. 68 Twelve Agates and Onyxes, polijhes ■■ ] 69 Twelve Onyxes, Blood Stones, &c. polifhed — J 70 Four Mocoas, and a Salt Seller, made of the root of emerald ■ ■■ 7 1 Three Onyxes for Snuff-boxes, complete, and one incom- 72 Twelve Cameos — — — ] 7.3 Ten Cameos, and two Intaglios 1 74 Fifteen Intaglios, — 1 75 Three Gold Broaches, one enameled 76 Two Ancient Gold Rings 77 An Ancient Gold Ring, and a Gem, fet in gold, for a 78 Gold Seals — Julius Casfar, 1; Titus, 1, antique •— 79 Two Cameo Gold Rings ■■ d ^ d d xJ* d CM d Cl d C^i [ 9 ] SO Two Cameo Gold Rings, and a Locket 3 81 Two Gold Rings, and one Gold Seal) 3 82 Two Gold Seals, intaglio — ■ ' — - 2 83 Two Ancient Rings, in filver ■ 2 84 Eight Rings, in filvor ^ four of them ancient — 8 85 Twelve Ancient Brafs Rings, and a Fibula — , 13 86 Marchant’s Gems, in a mahogany cafe, with the defcrip~ tion, complete I 87 Various Medals, in wood arid leather — four Carvings, iti ivory ; two Hiftorical Pieces, one in horn, and one in tortoife-Jhell ; a Shell Cameo, fet in Jilver ; Model of , Raj ; and a Model of a Griffin, in wax 88 A beautiful Chalice, containing a great number of cups, which, jliding one into another, form a compabt and folid nef; each cup is elegantly carved, and affords an exquifite fpeeimen of great perfedion in turnery 1 89 Three Ivory Rules, in afhagreen cafe 3 90 A Brafs Rule ; a Brafs Gun Gauge, in a cafe; and aCafe of Mathematical Inftruments, incomplete 3 91 An Univerfal Dial; various Compaffes, and Parts of CompalTes 92 Two Bar Magnets, in a mahogany cafe 2 93 Four Pair of Scales and Weights, in boxes 4 94 Two ditto ditto ■ . 2 95 A Cutlafs, mounted with fiver 1 97 A Single and Solar Microfcope, by Nairn and Blount, in a mahogany cafe 98 A very capital Telefcope, on Brafs Claws, by George Adams 99 A very fine ancient Shield, with a great Number of Figures, reprefenting the Surrender of the Keys of Carthage. ■ (The whole is of exquifite workmanfhip, and many parts are highly enriched with gilding. This va- luable curiofity was purchafed out of the colleStion o/Dr. Mead, during his life-time, and is engraved in Capt. Grofe^s Military Antiquities) COPPER-PLATES 100 Various Copper-plates 101 Ten Plates of Anglo-Saxon Coins — _ iq 102 Sixteen Plates of Engliffi Coins 16 t 10 i PAINTINGS. 103 Two Landfcapes, on copper ^ ^ ]04< Two Sea Pieces, ditto 105 Four Hiftorical Pieces, ditto — 106 Aniony ? ex vcx\oi, Card de Grenvelle ; Faranelli, a Pope, on Jilver ; Solomon Ghan ; and a Female ^ , Head ■ - 5 107 An original and very curious fatirical Gil Painting on Wood, relative to Elizabeth, Queen of England, and Philip, King of Spain ; on it are written the following lines : - Not longe time fince I faw a cowe. Did Flanders reprefente ; Upon whofe backe Kinge Philip rode; As being malecontent. The Queene of England giving hay. Whereon the cowe did feede. As one that was her greateft helpe. In her diftrefle and neede. The Prince of Orange milkt the cowe, ^ And made his purfe the payle ; The cowe did fliyt in Monfieur's hand; While hie did hold her tayle. l OS A beautiful Carving in Wood, reprefenting the Battle of the Amazons, after Rubens, turrounded by a very rich Border, compofed of Flowers and Fruits; 4 feet 6 inches, by 3 feet 4 inches [ 11 ] TAPESTRY, BY FRANCIS AND JOHN VANDER BORCHT. 109 The four following Pieces, admirably worked from the Defigns of Teniers, and other great Matters, are in the moft perfed Prefervation, and are remarkably chafte and fine, both as to drawing and colouring : No. I. Dutch Boors at a Feaft, 13 feet 6 inches wide, and 9 feet high No. IT. A Sea Port in the Levant, with a Fith Market, 15 feet 6 inches wide, and 9 feet high No. III. A fine Landfcape, with Groups of Female Figures, at different Occupations, horned Cattle, Sheep, &c. 13 feet wide, and nine feet high No. IV. A Winter Scene near a Country Village, with Boors round a Wood Fire ; in the Diflance are Scaters, a Wind-mill, &c. &c. I THE END. i' * -i h. :l ■ \ THE PRICES OF THE aNTI^UITIES G? CTOIOSITIES MR. TYSSEN’S SALE. LOT s. d. LOT , s. d. LOT £, s. d. I . , 1 1 0 24 . . 0 10 6 48 , , . 0 4 6 2 . , 0 19 0 25 . . 1 2 0 49 . . . 0 5 6 3 , , 2 12 6 26 , . , 0 19 0 501 4 , , 0 13 6 27 . , , 1 5 0 5l] • • . 0 5 0 5 . . 1 13 0 28 . . . 0 11 0 51* . 2 2 0 6 . . 1 13 0 29 . . . 6 6 0 52 , , . 1 3 0 7 , , 0 19 0 30 0 11 0 53 7 8 , . I S 0 31 , , , 0 10 6 54 ] • • . 0 13 0 9 . 2 15 0 3? . . 0 14 0 55 ^ . 0 10 6 30 . . 1 7 0 33 . . 1 5 0 56 . . . 0 2 6 11 . 0 18 0 34 , . , 0 9 0 57 . . 0 5 0 32 . * 0 18 0 35 . . . 0 12 6 58 . 0 12 0 13 . , 0 13 0 36 . . 0 6 6 59 . . 0 5 0 14 . 0 16 0 37 . • . 0 5 0 60 . 0 9 6 15 . . 1 12 0 38 . . 0 17 0 61 . 1 7 0 36 . . 1 13 0 39 . , . 0 5 0 62 . 0 10 6 17 . . 0 15 0 40 . . 0 11 0 63 . . . 0 16 0 38 . . 0 13 0 41 . . . 0 8 0 64 . 0 15 6 19 . . 1 1 0 42 . . . 0 10 6 65 . 0 i 6 20 . . 0 10 6 43 . 0 5 0 66 . 0 14 0 20* . . 0 10 6 44 . . . 0 15 0 67 . 6 0 0 X 21 . . 0 16 0 45 . 0 7 0 68 . 0 13 6 22 . . 0 12 0 46 . . . 0 ' 8 0 69 . 1 1 0 23 • . 0 15 0 47 . . . 0 14 0 70 • , , . 0 11 0 rjo CO 00 00 *Jr ^ O £. s. d. tOT . 0 13 0 84 . • • . 0 8 0 83 • • • . 0 8 6 86. . 0 1 1 0 87 . 1 7 0 88 * • • . 2 12 6 89 • • • . 0 7 0 90 ■ • • . 1 17 0 91 • • • . 3 0 0 92 • . • . 1 1 1 6 93 • • • . 1 1 0 94 • • • . 2 5 0 95 • • • . 0 10 6 97 « • « THE d. LOT £, s. d. 6 98. . 0 0 0 99 . . . 5 5 0 0 99*-. . . 1 12 0 0 1001 0 101 > . . 1 3 0 6 102) 6 103 . . . 0 2 0 0 104 . . . 1 1 0 0 105 . . . 1 2 0 0 106 . . . '0 16 0 0 107 . , . . 1 4 0 0 108 . . . 3 13 6 0 103* . . . 0 5 6 *- <£. . 0 10 . 0 5 . 1 6 . 2 2 . 0 9 . 0 9 . 0 S . 0 13 . 0 5 . 0 6 . 0 16 , 1 3 . 1 16 END,- Printed b/ T. Burtao, little Queea-ftreet. f; 1 ^ Lo So'f' XL-AP 6b- P mt GETTY CEWfr tIBRflRV