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LOT 0289
English Medieval Silver Vesica-Shaped Seal Matrix for John Baring
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1 3/8 in. (18.4 grams, 35 mm).
A silver vesica seal matrix with pierced lug to the reverse; central incuse fleur-de-lys motif; outer band with incuse legend "+ SIGIL IOhIS : bARING:" (seal of John Baring); collector number '109' to reverse.
Provenance
The Matrix Collection, formed by David Morris since the late 1980s.
Matrix Collection catalogue no.0109.
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.
Literature
Cf. Linenthal, Richard and Noel, William, Medieval Seal Matrices in the Schoyen Collection, 2004, nos.335 and 340, for similar styles.
Footnotes
The 'A' of Baring is formed with a chevron bar (as is seen on some English coins of the medieval period); the 'N' is retrograde and the 'G' of Lombardic form; a member of the Baring family was Prior of Winchester Abbey (1364-1384 AD) and vesica-shaped matrices are often associated with clerics.
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LOT 0289
English Medieval Silver Vesica-Shaped Seal Matrix for John Baring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
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