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Medieval Knight's Enamelled Bronze Heraldic Plaque with Crusader Cross
Circa 12th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £120
Square in plan with rivet-hole to each corner, low-relief cross fleury with red enamel fill on a blue enamel field. 8.78 grams, 25 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Medieval Bronze Beehive Thimble Collection
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising five domed thimbles with pellet decoration. 34.79 grams total, 14-24 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Medieval Bronze Straight and Beehive Thimble Collection
Circa 14th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Including annular, beehive and other types. 137 grams total, 16-21 mm
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. -
Medieval Bronze Thimble Collection
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including flat-topped, beehive and other types. 28.87 grams total, 16-22 mm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Medieval Bronze Beehive Thimble Collection
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
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. -
Medieval Bronze Knife Pommel Collection
Circa 15th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
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. -
Medieval Inscribed Bronze Rosary or Paternoster Gaud
Probably England, circa 1450–1500 A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
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. -
Large Medieval Bronze Strap End with Dragon
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
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. -
Medieval Bronze Round Seal Matrix with Cockerel of Simon Fleming
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
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. -
Medieval Silver-Gilt Fede Ring
15th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
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. -
Medieval Iron Knife with Bronze Lion Handle
15th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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. -
Medieval Silver-Gilt Pilgrim's Badge with Saints
Circa 15th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
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.
