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Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
.jpg "The Tenby Hiberno-Norse Viking Penannular Brooch")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
![English Milled Coins - George VI - 1937 - Cased RM Proof Coronation Gold Set [4]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/203351-s(2).jpg "English Milled Coins - George VI - 1937 - Cased RM Proof Coronation Gold Set [4]")
Featuring a slightly domed upper face and articulate tongue set within a recess. 2.4 grams, 29 mm
Ex Tucker collection, Buckinghamshire, UK; formed in the 1980s.
Ex Tucker collection, Buckinghamshire, UK; formed in the 1980s.
Comprising blades of various dates and profiles, including some with fragmentary handles. 1.4 kg total, 10-21.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Displaying polychrome detailing and held within a lead came border with modern loop for suspension. 362 grams, 22.3 cm
Collection of Henry LHotellier (1908-1993), and by descent until 2021.
Ex central London gallery.
Collection of Henry LHotellier (1908-1993), and by descent until 2021.
Ex central London gallery.
Trumpet bezel with griffin passant and tail raised. 2.61 grams, 21.99 mm overall, 18.31 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 584.
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 584.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Including one with a horse or unicorn(?) passant (Stansam family); one with reserved eagle(?) displayed on a blue field (Cotton family). 21.4 grams total, 42-43 mm
Found UK.
Acquired on the UK art market after 2000.
Ex Stratford collection, Suffolk, UK.
Cf. Ashley, S., Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002, items 77, 145, 88, 243.
Found UK.
Acquired on the UK art market after 2000.
Ex Stratford collection, Suffolk, UK.
Cf. Ashley, S., Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002, items 77, 145, 88, 243.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Formed as a pentagonal plate showing a bishop in relief to the centre, wearing a mitre and floor length cope and surplice, holding attributes of his office, surrounding Latin legend: '[S]ANTVS VBALDVS EPISCOPVS DEV GV[BIO]' (St. Ubaldus, bishop, of Gubbio); one remaining attachment loop. 7.7 grams, 43 mm
European collection, 1990s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Another example, also fragmentary, but allowing completion of the inscription here, is reproduced as Abb.370 on p.200 of H.J.E. van Beuningen & A.M. Koldeweij, Heilig en Profaan 1000 Laatmiddeleeuwse Insignes [Rotterdam Papers VIII], Cothen, 1993, where dated c.1350-c.1450.
Commemorating a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Ubaldus (1085-1160) in Gubbio.
European collection, 1990s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Another example, also fragmentary, but allowing completion of the inscription here, is reproduced as Abb.370 on p.200 of H.J.E. van Beuningen & A.M. Koldeweij, Heilig en Profaan 1000 Laatmiddeleeuwse Insignes [Rotterdam Papers VIII], Cothen, 1993, where dated c.1350-c.1450.
Commemorating a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Ubaldus (1085-1160) in Gubbio.
Formed as a church with three crosses to the top and four attachment loops, hatching to one face and Virgin and Child figural scene in relief to the other, stars in the field above. 5.44 grams, 36 mm
European collection, 1990s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
European collection, 1990s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Featuring a tapering hexagonal-section body, radiating lines to the top face, hatched panels alternating with figural panels to the facetted body; remains of iron tang to interior. 5.19 grams, 32 mm
Found Suffolk, UK.
Found Suffolk, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
Composed of a slender round-section hoop and ellipsoidal bezel set with a turquoise cabochon held by four claws, filigree swirls below, engraved vines to the shoulder, engraved quatrefoil within roundel to reverse. 2.21 grams, 23.45 mm overall, 17.09 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Stamped to the underside of the head; oblong socket. 993 grams, 21 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Standing figure in bishop's mitre and robes beneath a hatched canopy holding a long processional cross, flanked by two facing robed females each holding an infant; arcade to the base with pellet detailing. 8.78 grams, 63 mm
From the Forgeais (1822-1878) collection, France, thence by family descent.
with Gallery 51, 21 June 2013, lot 77.
Cf. van Beuningen, H.J.E. & Koldeweij, A.M., Rotterdam paper VIII. Heilig en Profaan 1000 Laatmiddeleeuwse Insignes, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, 1993, no.521, or type.
From the Forgeais (1822-1878) collection, France, thence by family descent.
with Gallery 51, 21 June 2013, lot 77.
Cf. van Beuningen, H.J.E. & Koldeweij, A.M., Rotterdam paper VIII. Heilig en Profaan 1000 Laatmiddeleeuwse Insignes, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, 1993, no.521, or type.
Composed of figure-of-eight chain links, elongated suspension loop formed using a twisted iron bar above, flat-section hoop suspending five keys of various types and sizes below. 513 grams, 51 cm
Ex family collection, formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent.
Acquired from TimeLine Auctions, 2018, lot 3017.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
Ex family collection, formed in the late 1940s-1950s; thence by descent.
Acquired from TimeLine Auctions, 2018, lot 3017.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
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