Welcome to our next Travel & Exploration sale, gathering objects from across the globe and including a private collection of Pre-Columbian pottery.

The sale opens with antiquities, including a Greek Corinthian aryballos, a Roman bronze seal ring and Ancient Egyptian faience shabtis and amulets of Thoth, Anubis and Pataikos. Tribal art follows, with Sepik River carvings from Papua New Guinea, an Asmat war shield, a Kuba Bwoom helmet mask, a Bamana Chiwara antelope headdress, Mende Bundu and Baule figures and a Fijian lali drum.

Scientific instruments include a mid 18th century reflecting telescope by James Short, an octant by Solomon Marks & Co, a sextant by George Gibson, pocket barometers, carriage clocks and scales for weighing diamonds, sovereigns and guineas. Maritime lots include a Chance Brothers lighthouse lamp, a bronze ship’s plaque from HMS Neptune, ships’ wheels, marine paintings and a signed flag from a circumnavigation of Antarctica aboard the Marco Polo. Maps by Christopher Saxton, Gerhard Mercator, Sebastian Münster and Jacques Nicolas Bellin sit alongside early 20th century travel photographs and postcards, Tibetan thangkas and gilt brass figures, and a 19th century Kashmir shawl.

The sale closes with the Pre-Columbian collection, with vessels from Mexico down to Peru dating from the 4th century BC to the 15th century AD. Pieces include a Vicús llama vessel, a Peruvian blackware lobster vessel, a Monte Albán bird vessel, Maya and Nayarit pieces and a group of Cholula pottery.

Viewing is available at our Stowmarket, Suffolk saleroom on:
Monday 19 October 2026, 9am – 5pm
Tuesday 20 October 2026, 9am – 5pm
Wednesday 21 October 2026, 9am – 5pm
On the morning of the auction from 9am