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Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,850
Sold for (Inc. bp): £16,900
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,440
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,400
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,750
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,700
Heater-shaped with incuse bend and checky field with traces of enamel fill. 2.37 grams, 27 mm

Found Romney Marsh area, 2023.
Property of a Kent gentleman.

Walter de Clifford bore the arms 'Checky azure and or, a bend gules'.
Mainly comprising fragmentary badges, including: an ampulla with reserved cross on a hatched field; larger scallop pierced for attachment; other miscellaneous fragments. 73 grams total, 20-93 mm

Found Thames foreshore spoil, 1980s.

Accompanied by a copy of the The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.LON-BACC15 for the ampulla.

Cf. Spencer, B., Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges, Woodbridge, 2010, items 180 (for type), 248; The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), record id. LON-BACC15, for this cross decorated ampulla fragment.

The hoop composed of openwork plaits, discoid bezel incised with Star of David, clasp to reverse retaining pin with bulbous head. 18.9 grams, 60 mm

UK collection, early 1990s and before.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.

Lot No. 1557
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Composed of glazed vessels including pots with tripod feet, a skillet, handled bowls and others; most with chips and cracks. 3.5 kg total, 4.4-29 cm

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.

Lot No. 1558
4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising socketted spearheads and arrowheads of various types. 1.45 kg total, 17.5-41 cm

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.

Raised stylised ropework to hoop, bezel formed as crowned heart issuing leaves. 5.93 grams, 26.58 mm overall, 21.31 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.77, Japan 22)

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.

Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1865,0408.61, for a similar bezel.

Lot No. 1561
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Composed of tools, fittings, ornamental brackets and various other artefacts. 8.7 kg total, 1.7-34 cm

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.

Lot No. 1562
3
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising a broad neck, splayed foot and applied handle; chipped. 297 grams, 12 cm high

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.

Lot No. 1563
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Formed as an openwork repoussé mount with four peltoid arms extending from a lozengiform panel with central cross motif, with stitching holes on each arm. 3.8 grams, 25 mm

Private collection, London, UK.
From the collection of a North American gentleman.

Lot No. 1565
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Composed of complete and fragmentary glazed and buff pots, jars, bowls, a lid and skillet. 3.3 kg total, 6-27 cm

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.

His tunic with vertical stripes and scalloped hem, the spear shaft held in both hands horizontally across his body, legs and face worn; remains of bedding cement to verso, together with Bonham's lot label. 888 grams, 18 cm

Ex Benjamin Proust, 2015.
with Bonhams, 17 May 2017.
Ex central London gallery.

Lot No. 1567
9
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Featuring lion's paw tripod feet and a socket with low relief lozenges decorating the cup. 40 grams, 51 mm high

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.

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