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.jpg "Roman Bronze Eros Cradling Goose Applique")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
.jpg "Assyrian Bronze Relief Fragment")
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]")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Standing holding a cross in one hand and a lamb in the other; with polychrome detailing and lead came borders, two modern loops for suspension to top corners. 144 grams, 21.1 cm
Private collection, Paris.
Private collection, Paris.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Mainly comprising finger rings with decorative bezels, including geometric motifs, hearts, lettering, a glass cabochon and others. 96 grams total, 19-29 mm
Acquired on the London art market, 1980s-1990s.
Acquired on the London art market, 1980s-1990s.
Featuring gently tapering sidewalls. 184 grams, 17 cm wide
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Each with remains of gilding and/or enamelling and loops for suspension or attachment; devices including: one discoid with pointillé field and facing female bust; one a gilt rectangular plaque and hinged panel each with a blue enamelled lion passant; one a quatrefoil plaque with blue enamel field and reserved spread eagle. 25.6 grams total, 28-42 mm
Found UK.
Acquired on the UK art market after 2000.
Ex Stratford collection, Suffolk, UK.
See Ashley, S., Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002, for discussion.
Found UK.
Acquired on the UK art market after 2000.
Ex Stratford collection, Suffolk, UK.
See Ashley, S., Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk, East Anglian Archaeology 101, Dereham, 2002, for discussion.
Including a glazed tripod vessel with twin handles, a glazed pouring pot with handle; a vessel with scalloped rim and handle, unglazed. 1.97 kg total, 16-25 cm wide
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Of lancet form displaying a bishop wearing a mitre and holding a crook and globus cruciger; one remaining attachment loop. 3.63 grams, 35 mm
European collection, 1990s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
European collection, 1990s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
.jpg "Published Medieval Thames Pewter The Holy Face Pilgrims Badge")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Presenting relief design of Christ crucified, wearing long V-neck robe tied at the waist with a knotted girdle and with full sleeves, the sun and moon beneath his feet; stitching loops to the remaining arms, pellet border and raised lettering: 'S[IGNVM SANCTI] VV / LTI / [LV]CEN / SIS' (sign of the Holy Face of Lucca); Lucca, Italy. 5.75 grams, 5 cm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Spencer, B., Pilgrim Souvenirs And Secular Badges, MOLA, London, 2010, pp.254-256, fig.254f, for this item.
Lucca was situated on the Via Francigena, the principal route for English pilgrims travelling to Rome. Its most treasured relic was the 'Volto Santo', (the Holy Face), a large-than-life figure of Christ crucified, the face reputedly carved by an angel. This badge is a souvenir of the Volto Santo.
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Spencer, B., Pilgrim Souvenirs And Secular Badges, MOLA, London, 2010, pp.254-256, fig.254f, for this item.
Lucca was situated on the Via Francigena, the principal route for English pilgrims travelling to Rome. Its most treasured relic was the 'Volto Santo', (the Holy Face), a large-than-life figure of Christ crucified, the face reputedly carved by an angel. This badge is a souvenir of the Volto Santo.
Comprising glazed vessels including tripod pots with handles, jar, platter, jug and pouring pot; polychrome floral decoration to one fragment; chipped and cracked. 3.7 kg total, 5.2-24 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Standing figure facing wearing a mitre; right hand raised in sign of blessing, left hand emerging from the robe at the hip to grasp a staff; vestment with low-relief detail to front and back including four bosses and a broad collar; rectangular base with small supplicant to one side. 8.59 grams, 50 mm
From the Forgeais (1822-1878) collection, France, thence by family descent.
with Gallery 51, 21 June 2013, lot 79.
Cf. Spencer, B., Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges, Woodbridge, 2010, items 27, 30.
From the Forgeais (1822-1878) collection, France, thence by family descent.
with Gallery 51, 21 June 2013, lot 79.
Cf. Spencer, B., Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges, Woodbridge, 2010, items 27, 30.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Displaying polychrome detailing; the panel bordered by lead cames; two modern suspension loops to top edge. 143 grams, 21.1 cm
Private collection, Paris.
Private collection, Paris.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Displayed wearing a headdress and floor-length dress, one hand outstretched to the side of her body, the other drawn up towards her shoulder, floral flourishes in the corners; remains of bedding cement to reverse. 982 grams, 19 cm
Ex Benjamin Proust, 2015.
Ex central London gallery.
Ex Benjamin Proust, 2015.
Ex central London gallery.
Mainly comprising cleavers, sickle blades and knives of various types. 2.75 kg total, 14-42 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
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