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LOT 1471
Cased Tudor to Stuart 'Published' Sword Belt Accruement Collection
16TH CENTURY A.D.
20 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (3.8 kg total, 52.5 x 37 x 6 cm including case).
Collection of military belt fittings including buckles and frames, strap hooks, scabbard chapes and other items, all mounted and labelled in a felt-lined glazed wooden display case; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
PublishedBailey, G., Detector Finds, Witham, 1992, p.7 (double-loop buckle frame).
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LOT 1471
Cased Tudor to Stuart 'Published' Sword Belt Accruement Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Villanovan Bronze Helmet
8th century B.C.Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,444
With rounded bowl and flared rim; three sets of paired piercings for attachment of leather cheek-flaps; cracked. 1.7 kg, 30.5 cm wide
Bowl pierced and cracked.
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private European collection since 1998. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11573-199009.
The ‘pot’ or ‘bell’ helmet, found in contexts as early as the 8th century coffer grave (ad arca) from the Esquiline (Rome) and other graves (Coussin, 1926, p.88, fig.23; Sekunda, Northwood,1995, p.6, grave 94) was made from a single piece of bronze, while later Italic variants were fashioned from jointed plates (Connolly, 1981, p.102, figs.2-2a; Egg, 1988, p.223, variant Vetulonia). The skull was somewhat spherical, with a flared rim: in some Etruscan and Italic specimens, this was rivetted for strength. -
Medieval Iron Spear with Replacement Shaft
14th-16th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £85
With split socket and small lozenge-shaped head, lentoid in section; conical ferrule; wooden shaft replaced. 664 grams, 161.5 cm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968. -
Medieval Iron Broad Axehead with Maker's Mark
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
The socket D-shaped in plan with gently curved rear edge, narrow neck ad swept curve to the blade with forge-welded steel edge; lateral stamped mark. 700 grams, 210 mm
Ex private North American collection, California, USA, 1970s-1990s.