D-section hoop with spur to each shoulder formed as a beast-head biting the shank, bezel triangular in profile with domed rosette. 5.21 grams, 26.81 mm overall, 18.62 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)



Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.

Vesica-shaped with rosette and quatrefoil to the reverse, obverse with fleur-de-lys and legend to the border '+ SI hVGONIS COSIN' (seal of Hugh/Hugo Cosin). 6.81 grams, 30.16 mm



Ex Paul Moore collection, West Sussex, UK, 1990s-2000s. Accompanied by a Paul Moore display card.

With central mane-in-fede motif beneath a star, Lombardic script legend '* FOY ME TENT' for 'fidelity sustains me'. 4.37 grams, 20 mm



Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.

This amatory legend is found on other matrices, where the first word is more usually spelled FEI – a similar example is PAS database, SOM-D80124. An impression in the National Library of Wales is attached to a document dated c.1310. For this and similar legends see, Jones, M., The Beautiful Game: Courtly Love Posies in Anglo-Norman Inscribed on Jewellery and Seals, in Journal of the British Archaeological Association 176 (2023), 1-30.

With broad curved blade and square chin, broad neck, small socket with square-section hammer to the reverse. 450 grams, 12.5 cm



Ex North American collection, 1970s-1990s.

With a ribbed hoop supporting a large scalloped bezel, central sunburst motif with a lozenge-shaped panel, hatched background. 5.05 grams, 22.95 mm overall, 20.30 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Comprising a single cutting edge and scale tang; bifacial pommel engraved with a foliate motif within a border. 46 grams, 20.5 cm



Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

Knife handles were made of wood, horn, bone or metal. Wood, a cheap, readily available and easily worked material, was by far the most common and most of the species used are both hard and flexible.

With flat-section hoop, scaphoid bezel with hatched border, tessellated quatrefoil motifs and four granule turrets. 3.58 grams, 20.70 mm overall, 18.14 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)



Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s. From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.

Comprising an inversed cutting edge and a long tang. 173 grams, 32 cm



Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

Comprising a single cutting edge and tang. 155 grams, 28.5 cm



Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

Including disc and vesica types with impressed legends and symbols, the bottom matrix reading 'S’ GVNN’ F’ IOhIS' (seal of Gunnar son of John), possibly of Scandinavian origin based on the first name. 47 grams total, 22-37 mm



Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.

Long-bone from a large animal trimmed to a narrow triangular blade for use in weaving. 147 grams, 34.2 cm



From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.

Comprising discoid body and triangular nozzle, conical neck and rounded rim, ribbed strap handle to the rear. 260 grams, 11.2 cm



From an old collection formed in the 1980s. Ex property of a European collector.