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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")
Mixed group of artefacts including coins, badges, buttons, pipe bowls, a crotal bell and other items. 902 grams total, 12-52 mm
Found near York, UK.
Found near York, UK.
Mixed group of artefacts including a spur bar, lead spindle whorls, clay pipe fragments, buckles, coins, badges and other items. 807 grams total, 15-89 mm
Found near York, UK.
Found near York, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With lateral suspension loops at the neck, low-relief rosette design. 52.4 grams, 50 mm
Found Somerset, UK.
Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, item 399, for type.
Found Somerset, UK.
Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, item 399, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Slightly domed in profile with low-relief detailing to the wings, with collar at the throat. 6.44 grams, 47 mm
Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Ex Nigel Mills, London, UK.
The term 'popinjay' is an old word for 'parrot'. It is associated with the rhyme 'Popinjay, jolly May' this month being seen as the month of love.
Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
Ex Nigel Mills, London, UK.
The term 'popinjay' is an old word for 'parrot'. It is associated with the rhyme 'Popinjay, jolly May' this month being seen as the month of love.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
With exceptionally detailed facial features, beard and hooded cape with black cap; mounted in lead cames with suspension loop; probably to be identified as Caiaphas from the story of Christ's arrest in the garden of Gethsemane. 139 grams, 15 cm
with De Baecque Encheres, 5 March 2022, no.58.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous two page illustrated catalogue information sheet.
with De Baecque Encheres, 5 March 2022, no.58.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous two page illustrated catalogue information sheet.
Lozengiform frame enclosing a polished carnelian gem. 0.42 grams, 12 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Mixed group including crotal bells, spoon bowl, horse brass, furniture fittings and other items. 925 grams total, 1.4-17 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Irregular glass panel with painted image of a winged angel with hands folded inside a partly-unfurled scroll; mounted in a display frame. 398 grams, 29 cm
Acquired on the UK art market, 2018.
Acquired on the UK art market, 2018.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Irregular amber-coloured panel with painted head of Christ in muted sienna tones, mounted in lead cames and with two suspension loops; cracked at the equator, repaired. 185 grams, 19 cm
Acquired on the UK art market, 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market, 2000.
.jpg "Large Medieval Lead Round Seal Matrix for John, Son of John")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With central fleur-de-lys and border with legend: '+ S' [...]IONIS : FILII : IOH'IS' (seal of John(?) son of John). 28.3 grams, 41 mm
Found Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Found Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Featuring a slightly domed upper face and articulate tongue set within a recess. 2.48 grams, 29 mm
Ex Tucker collection, Buckinghamshire, UK; formed in the 1980s.
Cf. Egan, G. & Pritchard, F., Dress Accessories 1150-1450, London, 2002, item 1336, for type.
Ex Tucker collection, Buckinghamshire, UK; formed in the 1980s.
Cf. Egan, G. & Pritchard, F., Dress Accessories 1150-1450, London, 2002, item 1336, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
In a lead frame, glass panel with stained depiction of heraldic shield and helmet; the arms quartered with rampant lion, bends and claws; portion of white and yellow lambrequin above red field. 134 grams, 16.5 cm
Acquired on the French art market, 2007.
Acquired on the French art market, 2007.
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