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LOT 1653
Large Medieval Gold Reliquary Holder
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (4.95 grams, 22 mm).
Sheet-gold D-shaped hollow pendant with integral flange loop, applied gold wire hoop to each face.
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Medieval and Later Bronze and Other Artefact Collection
12th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Mixed group including crotal bells, spoon bowl, horse brass, furniture fittings and other items. 925 grams total, 1.4-17 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Medieval Chrismatory with Limoges Panels
France, Limoges, circa 1220 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £22,100
Inner wooden casket with chamfered rim and separate lid, encased within rectangular gilt-bronze panels with enamel decoration, four gilt-bronze stud feet to the underside; the lid with three nimbate figures, a female saint with palm frond and two flanking figures holding books, all reserved on a blue field with interstitial polychrome rosettes; Side A: nimbate bearded bust of Christ in Majesty with right hand in gesture of benison, left hand supporting a book, flanked by two winged nimbate angels; Side B: nimbate bust of a winged angel in a roundel; Side C: geometric repeating pattern of lozenges with floral fill; Side D: mirror image of Side B. 760 grams, 14.5 cm
John Pierpont Morgan, New York, and London, until 1917. Private collection, Suffolk. Accompanied by a copy of a previous four page illustrated cataloguing document with references. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12039-212154.
The two end-panels are believed to have been added at a later date than the longer panels and may have been trimmed slightly along the lower edges. The panels are attached with domed pins of various types. -
Medieval Bronze Annular Brooch
Circa 12th-14th century A.D. and earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising a ring brooch with a flat-section body and free-running pin; accompanied by a 1st century Iron Age fibula without a pin. 10.2 grams total, 38 mm
Found Norfolk, UK.
