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LOT 2267
Large Medieval Bronze Glove Signet Ring with Crowned T
CIRCA 15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (11.81 grams, 28.48 mm overall, 21.93 x 21.03 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Y, USA 12, Europe 27.51, Japan 26)).
D-section hoop and rectangular bezel with incuse Lombardic capital 'T' beneath a crown, supplied with an impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
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LOT 2267
Large Medieval Bronze Glove Signet Ring with Crowned T
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Medieval Silver Vesica-Shaped Seal Matrix of Agnes Daughter of Adam of Walpole
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
With central fleur-de-lys motif, border with legend '+ S' AGNETIS FILE ADE DE WALEPOL'; supplied with an impression. 11.1 grams, 36.4 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
Adam’s home was one of the two villages named Walpole in East Anglia, one in Norfolk, one in Suffolk. -
Very Large Medieval Bronze Glove Ring with Inscription to Hoop and Bezel
Circa 12th-13th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Large flat-section hoop with applied disc bezel; hoop with enigmatic retrograde legend 'ISR++ЬПШб[.]+KPIC[.]+OUne[.]+BPIC+++'; disc with incised lines forming four panels, with legends 'бu', '+', 'nu', 'Я'. 3.61 grams, 29.55 mm overall, 27.53 mm internal diameter
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
Probably a glove-ring. The script appears to be Cyrillic: the sequence ']+KPIC[.]' may spell the word 'Krist-', 'Christ'. The bezel's grapheme 'Я' is probably the pronoun 'I' (1st person singular). -
Medieval Bronze Straight and Beehive Thimble Collection
Circa 14th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Including flat-topped, beehive and other types. 120 grams total, 17-23 mm
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
