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Comprising eight domed thimbles with pellet decoration. 35 grams total, 12-22 mm



Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.

Comprising: knife and dagger pommels of various domed, hooked, pierced, trefoil and other types; mounted in a glazed wooden collector's frame with label. 1.06 kg total, 32 x 32 cm including framed



Acquired in the 1970s-1980s. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

A substantial biconvex prayer bead pierced through its vertical axis and divided by a moulded equatorial band, the two halves engraved in Gothic blackletter with the Marian invocation: 'O MATER DEI / MEMENTO MEI' for 'O Mother of God, remember me'; six-pointed stars, flowers and foliate sprays accompany the lettering. 13.2 grams, 17 mm



Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.

The size and elaborate inscription are consistent with a larger gaud, used to distinguish prayers within a rosary or paternoster.

Tongue-shaped with onion-knop finial, one face with engraved stylised dragon in profile. 16.9 grams, 74.8 mm



Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.

With central cockerel motif and legend to the border '*S' SIMONIS FLEMING' (seal of Simon Fleming); supplied with an impression. 5.73 grams, 20.21 mm



Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.

Flat-section hoop with bezel formed as clasped hands, pointillé detailing to the cuffs. 5.48 grams, 24.85 mm overall, 22.10 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Z, USA 12 1/2, Europe 28.77, Japan 27)



Acquired in the 1970s-1980s. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Ferrous single-edged blade with scooped point; bronze handle formed as a lion sejant holding a kite shield; pierced at the jaws. 37.4 grams, 15 cm



Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

With low-relief scene of a standing figure of Virgin Mary holding a baby Christ and possibly Saint James, both facing each other separated by a tall tree, with a scallop above their head. 3.1 grams, 25.2 mm



Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.

Quatrefoil pendant with a crowned stylised 'W'; broken attachment loop to the top. 8.15 grams, 35 mm



Ex retired East Anglian school teacher, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK, 1960s-1980s.

Heater-shaped with integral pierced suspension lug; incuse leopard passant guardant. 15.5 grams, 41.8 mm



Ex Graham Slater collection, Cambridge, 1980s-1990s.

Heater-shaped with raised border and lion rampant on a blue enamelled field; flat tongue-shaped attachment pin to the reverse. 8.66 grams, 33 mm



Ex retired East Anglian school teacher, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK, 1960s-1980s.

Quadrant from a circular feature with rosette detailing and lead cames. 170 grams, 16.5 cm



Private collection, London, UK.