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.jpg "Large Middle Elamite Cylinder Seal of Kidnu, Chief Overseer of King Tan-Ruhurater II")
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Discoid plaque with integral pierced lug, gilt border with stepped radiating triangles, central heater shield with chevron motifs. 12.5 grams, 45 mm
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Comprising a tongue-shaped curved-section body pierced in two places for attachment and forked lower end, with rounded shoulders and bowed head with soft features and short hair. 20 grams, 86 mm
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.
Cf. similar items on the shrine of St Hippolyte in Taburet-Delahaye, E. & Boehm, B.D., L'Œuvre de Limoges, Paris, 1995, item 113.
From the 12th to 14th century, there was a large industry producing metal objects decorated in enamel using the champlevé technique, of which most of the survivals and probably most of the original production, are religious objects such as reliquaries, crosses and statues of saints.
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.
Cf. similar items on the shrine of St Hippolyte in Taburet-Delahaye, E. & Boehm, B.D., L'Œuvre de Limoges, Paris, 1995, item 113.
From the 12th to 14th century, there was a large industry producing metal objects decorated in enamel using the champlevé technique, of which most of the survivals and probably most of the original production, are religious objects such as reliquaries, crosses and statues of saints.
Including belt fittings, pastry-cutter wheel, terracotta tile, spur rowel and other items. 466 grams total, 17-77 mm
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
With domed outer face and attachment loop to the reverse; granule ornament to apex. 20.8 grams total, 14-15 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984.
Property of an Essex collector.
Including heater-shaped belt-plates, scallop-shaped scabbard chape and other items. 43.8 grams total, 24-42 mm
Found North Yorkshire, UK.
Found North Yorkshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Scaphoid matrix with strap and pierced lug to the reverse; median image of Mary enthroned beneath a canopy with infant Jesus on her lap, sharing a trefoil-headed sceptre; enigmatic dense blackletter legend to the rim; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 26.1 grams, 40 mm
Found Shaw, Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Shaw, a village noted in the Domesday survey, recorded a mere three poll-tax contributors in 1377, marking it as the Wiltshire village with the fewest taxpayers at that time. Likely abandoned in the early 15th century, Shaw became associated with Alton (the Alton in Wiltshire, not the one in Hampshire), with its agricultural lands consolidating with those of Alton. Today, one can only speculate about the challenges faced by the 10-20 residents who once called Shaw home.
Found Shaw, Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Shaw, a village noted in the Domesday survey, recorded a mere three poll-tax contributors in 1377, marking it as the Wiltshire village with the fewest taxpayers at that time. Likely abandoned in the early 15th century, Shaw became associated with Alton (the Alton in Wiltshire, not the one in Hampshire), with its agricultural lands consolidating with those of Alton. Today, one can only speculate about the challenges faced by the 10-20 residents who once called Shaw home.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Comprising an ellipsoid loop and slender triangular pointed spur; low-relief scrolled tendril ornament to the outer face. 3.46 grams, 25 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Hinged at one edge, with punched triangular markings in curved bands. 14.4 grams, 43 mm
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Including buckle lops and mounts, belt fittings, appliqués, rings, milled coins, weights and other items. 985 grams total, 10-50 mm
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Including D-shaped, rectangular, double-loop and other types. 242 grams total, 12-50 mm
Found Suffolk, UK.
Found Suffolk, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Spherical in profile with integral loop, circumferential bands and raised collar to equator. 735 grams, 60 mm
Ex Simmons gallery, 1990s.
From a North London, UK, collection.
Ex Simmons gallery, 1990s.
From a North London, UK, collection.
Comprising a D-section penannular body with the finials formed as the head and the tail of a fish, incised scale decoration. 19.5 grams, 52 mm
UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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