ORNAMENTS, MINIATURES & FIGURINES

This reproduction Roman bronze of a mouse is modeled on an original Roman piece. Just as today, it would have been used for decorative purposes. The sculpure is just one of a range of beautiful 'Miniature Bronzes' dating from early Egyptian, through to...

The myth of the hare-in-the-moon is almost universal and goes back to ancient times. The hare is always an attribute of lunar deities and can symbolize fertility. The hare was important to the early Britains; Boadicea would release a hare at the...

Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom and of war. The owl was the symbol of her wisdom. Minerva herself was derived from the Greek goddess Athena, who was also often portrayed with her owl. The sculpure is just one of a range of beautiful 'Miniature...

Bronze plated mini Egyptian cat supplied in a box with an information card about the Egyptian cat god Bastet.

The Keep Calm and Carry On poster was initially produced by the Ministry of Information, in 1939, at the beginning of the Second World War. It was intended to be distributed in order to strengthen morale of the British public in the event of invasion...

The Egyptian scarab is the image of a dung beetle and sacred to the sun god. Dung beetles lay eggs in a pellet which they roll along and the Egyptians regarded this action as an image of the sun and its course through the heavens, rolled by a gigantic...

Coffins in Egyptian times were highly decorated with inscriptions and representations of gods, like Anubis, who would protect the dead person on the journey to the next world. The body would be mummified before it was placed into the wooden coffin, as it...

This stunning miniature is based on the sculpture found in King Tutankhamen’s tomb. Originally thought to be based on the jackals that roamed cemeteries at night, Anubis was the god of embalming rituals and adopted a human form with a dog’s...