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Sold for (Inc. bp): £41,600
.jpg "Attic Red-Figure Bell Krater with Drunken Male Revellers Attributed to the Kadmos Painter")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £32,500
.jpg "Roman Published Terracotta Oil Lamp with Fighting Gladiators")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,600
.jpg "Roman Marble Head of Hercules Wearing the Nemean Lion Skin")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
.jpg "The Anglesey Romano-British Marble Head of a Celtic Warrior")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
.jpg "Medieval Decorated He who loves from the heart, gives with a good heart Posy Boxwood Comb")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
.jpg "Medieval Limoges Gilt Christ Crowned on the Cross")
.jpg "Medieval Gold Heraldic Signet Ring with Goat")
Frame of granule collars enclosing four garnet cabochons. 0.46 grams, 9 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
Of various types including rectangular holes, ellipsoid holes with countersinking, one with lobed outer edge. 1.2 kg total, 10.2-12.4 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
With facetted shoulders, octagonal bezel with incuse image of a horseman on a rearing mount, objects in the field. 6.60 grams, 24.94 mm overall, 21.12 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X, USA 11 1/2, Europe 26.29, Japan 25)
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 596, for type.
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 596, for type.
Heater-shaped with reserved fleur-de-lys and cross decoration; one trapezoidal, plain. 958 grams total, 40-65 mm
Ex Simmons gallery, London, UK.
Ex North London collection, 1990s.
Ex Simmons gallery, London, UK.
Ex North London collection, 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mixed group including bag seals, musket and pistol balls, trade weights, plumb weights and other items. 4.54 kg total, 12-110 mm
Found Hertfordshire, UK.
Found Hertfordshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Formed as a cross-crosslet, the symbol of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, with punched-point border, short pin to verso. 1.75 grams, 27 mm
Found Cambridgeshire in 1996.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, items 939-41.
The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD.
Found Cambridgeshire in 1996.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, items 939-41.
The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD.
Irregular glass panels in original lead cames forming a trefoil outline; painted foliage detailing to the pale yellow segments; some cracked and portions absent. 1.2 kg, 52 cm
German private collection, until 2013.
Ex central London gallery.
German private collection, until 2013.
Ex central London gallery.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Mixed group including a rowel spur, finger rings, furniture fittings, musket balls, coins, tokens and other items. 1 kg total, 9-133 mm
Found Hertfordshire, UK.
Found Hertfordshire, UK.
With slender hoop, cup bezel with inset cabochon garnet. 0.70 grams, 20.50 mm overall, 15.16 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
Cf. Oman, C.C., British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974 pl.14(A).
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
Cf. Oman, C.C., British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974 pl.14(A).
Including a winder key, belt buckles, jaws harp and other items. 133 grams total, 19-53 mm
Private collection, Buckinghamshire, UK; formed in the 1980s.
Property of a Scottish collector, acquired in 2013.
Private collection, Buckinghamshire, UK; formed in the 1980s.
Property of a Scottish collector, acquired in 2013.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
With central square and four radiating arms with lobe finials, inlaid cross potent to centre on both faces. 2.01 grams, 24 mm
Acquired in the late 1990s.
Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector.
Acquired in the late 1990s.
Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Discoid in form with rosette, raised square, incised initial 'H' and other types. 283 grams total, 27-48 mm
Ex Simmons gallery, London, UK.
Ex North London collection, 1990s.
Ex Simmons gallery, London, UK.
Ex North London collection, 1990s.
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