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LOT 802

Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,370

MEDIEVAL KNIGHT'S ARMORIAL SEAL MATRIX OF SIR JOHN BRIDSALE
(Copper-alloy, 33.65 grams, 39.20 mm high, 30.01 mm diameter.).

Circa 15th century AD. A very large chessman style seal matrix with delicately pierced quatrefoil beneath the suspension loop and a balustered hexagonal shaft; the circular face depicting a crested helm and a shield of arms bearing 'a chevron between three martlets, differenced with a mullet' arms and with the inscription IOHAN BRIDSALE in black letter script.

PROVENANCE:
Ex Brian Northley collection.

FOOTNOTES:
Bridsale is linked to Birdsall, Yorkshire and the arms are those of the Argam (Argomm) family (undifferenced of Sir Ralph Argam) so this seal is likely to be for a son of the family who became associated with Birdsall. John de Birstalle (1373 AD) of Normanton, Yorkshire may also be connected.

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