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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
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.jpg "Egyptian Granite Head of a Dignitary")
.jpg "Roman Marble Portrait of a Boy as Worshipper of Isis")
.jpg "Larger Than Life-Size Roman Bronze Sandaled Foot")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800
.jpg "Byzantine Porphyry Relief with Cross Surrounded by Two Birds")
.jpg "Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull")
Each vesica-shaped, with central fleur-de-lys or other motif and surrounding legend. 53.1 grams total, 29-42 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Quatrefoil with central lion stattant guardant on red enamelled field, crown to each lobe on blue field. 6.43 grams, 24 mm
Found Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Found Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Both with central eight-petalled flower within a roundel, surrounding inscription, one with legend 'S' WILLI WASRAT' = Seal of William Wasrat; the other with 'S' HENRICI BREIWOOD' = Seal of Henry Brewood, the family originating in Brewood, Staffordshire. 21.4 grams total, 25-27 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Cf. Bailey, G., Detector Finds, Witham, 1999, p.55, fig.18, for similar seals.
Bailey, G., Finds identified, Witham, 2000, pp.25-26, figs.4,7.
During the medieval period the use of seals on documents, letters and packages became widespread. Lead was cheap to use and easy to engrave, and from the late 12th until the end of 13th century seals of this type, with very conventional central designs, were important possessions amongst the lower classes.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Cf. Bailey, G., Detector Finds, Witham, 1999, p.55, fig.18, for similar seals.
Bailey, G., Finds identified, Witham, 2000, pp.25-26, figs.4,7.
During the medieval period the use of seals on documents, letters and packages became widespread. Lead was cheap to use and easy to engrave, and from the late 12th until the end of 13th century seals of this type, with very conventional central designs, were important possessions amongst the lower classes.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Including hooked tags, trefoil rosette hooks, slotted tags and other items; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series and Buttons & Fasteners 500 BC-AD 1840. 54.6 grams total, 20-54 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Bailey, G., Buttons & Fasteners 500 BC-AD1840, Witham, 2004, p.100(2.42).
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Bailey, G., Buttons & Fasteners 500 BC-AD1840, Witham, 2004, p.100(2.42).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Octagonal in plan with scooped sides, enamelled design of a facing bearded bust with nimbus. 19 grams, 42 mm
Found Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Found Norfolk, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Wearing a jewelled cope and with a disc brooch on the folded collar; lead came frame with suspension loops. 75 grams, 10.5 cm
Ex central London gallery.
Ex central London gallery.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Decorated with three crowned lion heads with long tongues and large circular eyes, framed by the bottom half of a shield-shaped background. 930 grams, 13.5 x 13.5 cm
Benjamin Proust, 2015.
Ex central London gallery.
Benjamin Proust, 2015.
Ex central London gallery.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Heater-shaped with raised border and reserved three lions passant gardant on an enamelled field. 9.52 grams, 39 mm
Found UK.
From the collection of a Wiltshire, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
Cf. Clark, J. ed., The Medieval Horse And Its Equipment, Museum of London, 2004, item 64.
Found UK.
From the collection of a Wiltshire, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
Cf. Clark, J. ed., The Medieval Horse And Its Equipment, Museum of London, 2004, item 64.
With carinated hoop, scaphoid bezel, incised zigzag design. 1.42 grams, 18.89 mm.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Essex, UK, collector.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Essex, UK, collector.
.jpg "Medieval and Post Medieval Iron Knife Blade Group")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Mainly comprising folding knives and other knife blades. 3.65 kg total, 2-25.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
Ex East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Marquardt, K., Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks and Spoons: an Art Collection, Europe, 1997, pp.29-31, for similar examples from 15th century A.D.
Amongst the considerable variations in Medieval knife blade shapes, the two most obvious are the blades with angled backs (like some examples here presented) and those with stepped backs.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
Ex East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Marquardt, K., Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks and Spoons: an Art Collection, Europe, 1997, pp.29-31, for similar examples from 15th century A.D.
Amongst the considerable variations in Medieval knife blade shapes, the two most obvious are the blades with angled backs (like some examples here presented) and those with stepped backs.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Including thimbles, belt plates, seals and other items; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 267 grams total, 16-93 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Cf. Bailey, G., Detector Finds 3, Witham, 1997, pp.52-3.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Cf. Bailey, G., Detector Finds 3, Witham, 1997, pp.52-3.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
With lateral angle handles and low-relief 'IHS' monogram to one face of the bulb, hatched design to the reverse. 39.7 grams, 54 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Cf. Bailey, G., Detector Finds 3, Witham, 1997, p.14-17.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Cf. Bailey, G., Detector Finds 3, Witham, 1997, p.14-17.
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