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LOT 0283
English Medieval Silver Chessman Type Seal Matrix for John of Preston
MID 14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (26.6 grams, 36 mm).
A silver chessman-type seal matrix with pierced lug finial above a pierced trefoil on a stepped bulb; central heraldic heater shield within a florid wreath; heraldic design of transverse hatched bars and reserved canton with a cinquefoil, blazoned 'argent two bars on a canton gules a cinquefoil', arms of the Preston family; blackletter legend to the border '* Sigillum : iohannis : prestone' (seal of John [of] Preston).
ProvenanceThe Matrix Collection, formed by David Morris since the late 1980s.
Found in Bilton-in-Ainsty, West Yorkshire, UK, before 2 July 1997.
with Sotheby's, 2 July 1997, lot 4.
Matrix Collection catalogue no.0227.
Many of the seals within the collection were published in a book titled 'The Matrix Collection', by David Morris in 2012.
Accompanied by a copy of the illustrated collection notes.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11652-198730.
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LOT 0283
English Medieval Silver Chessman Type Seal Matrix for John of Preston
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,470
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