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LOT 0904

Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,477

MEDIEVAL GOLD QUATREFOIL 'REMEMBER THAT YOU LOVE ME' POSY PENDANT
15TH CENTURY AD
1" (2.39 grams, 26mm).

A flat-section openwork quatrefoil pendant with loop, inscribed to one face 'celle que teme memera' with foliage and to the other 'noez mon'; medieval French corresponding to ''notez mon celle que té me memera' (Remember that you love me).

PROVENANCE:
English private collection; acquired continental Europe in the 1970s.

LITERATURE:
Cf. TimeLine Auctions, Sale 8, 18 March 2011, lot 761 (sold for £9,440 including buyers premium).

CONDITION