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Comprising five large signet rings, each with a crowned letter on the bezel including R, O, W. 40.1 grams total, 24-27 mm



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

Large group of various artefacts, including thimbles, mounts, buttons, strap ends, coins, a large crotal bell, a large cap inscribed 'IND CO OP & Co ROMFORD', and others. 867 grams total, 11-80 mm



Found Suffolk, UK. N.B. This lot is for UK buyers only.

Slender hoop with rectangular plaque, corrugated shoulders; incuse perching bird on a branch. 1.87 grams, 20.20 mm overall, 17.96 x 14.39 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J 1/2, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9)



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Tubular-section shank, voided trefoil bow with clefts and grooved wards. 52.2 grams, 87 mm



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

Comprising: heater-shaped pendant with red enamelled field, reserved fess between six billets; ring-brooch fragment with reserved Lombardic script text to each face, one side reading 'AVE MARIA'. 6.84 grams total, 17-42 mm



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Cross patoncy plaque with notched ends to the arms and pellets to the lateral edges; cells with inset turquoise and other stones, each with ropework collar, ropework loop and beaded suspension ring. 15.4 grams, 66 mm



Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.

Rectangular leaf with one ragged edge; recto: list of fourteen saints' names, each with a liquid gold versal 'S beginning 'Sancte Ludowice'; verso: list of thirteen saints' names and other invocations, each with a liquid gold versal beginning 'Sancta scolastica'; pencilled notation to recto; in a hinged card frame with reveal. 44.7 grams, 20.3 x 16.5 cm



From a late 18th century Irish family collection; thence by descent to a Devonshire, UK, gentleman.

Lentoid-section hoop with expanding shoulders and carinated rectangular bezel; decorated with lateral bands of punched hatching. 4.4 grams, 20.65 mm overall, 17.39 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)



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

Heater-shaped with lion rampant on red enamelled background. 10.54 grams, 32.7 mm



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

Comprising a tubular-section shank with hatched ornament, circular bow with lateral bird-heads to the rear, large rectangular bit with clefts and grooved wards. 45.2 grams, 77 mm



Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. From an extensive collection of large medieval keys; the property of a Kent, UK gentleman.

Collection of mainly annular brooches including some penannular types and an enamelled disc brooch; turreted type with enamel fill, heart-shaped, trefoil and other types; mounted on a fabric backing in a substantial glazed wooden display case with hinged lid; collector's title card. 4.06 kg total, 50.3 X 40.5 cm including frame



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

Heater-shaped with attachment lug above, heraldic design of a cross rayonny recessed to accept enamel. 13.09 grams, 41 mm



From an old English collection formed since 1960.