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LOT 2315
Large Medieval Ornate Bronze Door Key with Quatrefoil
CIRCA 13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (50.7 grams, 96 mm).
Tubular-section barrel shank with incised hatching and traces of silver inlay, bow with central quatrefoil void and spurs to the radiating arms, large rectangular bit with clefts and grooved wards.
ProvenanceFound Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015.
From an extensive collection of large medieval keys; the property of a Kent, UK gentleman.
Cf. Portable Antiquities Scheme report no. LEIC-852296, for similar but less ornate example of the type.
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LOT 2315
Large Medieval Ornate Bronze Door Key with Quatrefoil
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Large Medieval Ornate Bronze Door Key with Quatrefoil
Circa 13th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Tubular-section barrel shank with incised hatching and traces of silver inlay, bow with central quatrefoil void and spurs to the radiating arms, large rectangular bit with clefts and grooved wards. 50.7 grams, 96 mm
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. From an extensive collection of large medieval keys; the property of a Kent, UK gentleman. -
Medieval Silver-Gilt Iconographic Ring
Continental Europe, 15th century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Heater shield to each keeled shoulder displaying a fleur-de-lys on a hatched field and five arrowheads (for the five wounds of Christ); rectangular keeled bezel with standing figure to each panel: Mary with book on the left, Christ triumphant bearing a sword on the right. 9.85 grams, 25.63 mm overall, 20.90 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)
Fine condition.
Acquired in the 1970s. Ex E.C. Fuller collection. Ex Isle of Avalon Coins and Antiquities, Leiston, Suffolk, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman since 2010. -
Medieval Gold Fede Ring with Amethysts
Circa 14th century A.D.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Comprising a D-section hoop with clasped-hands motif to the underside; three radiating cells to the bezel, the outer two each with an amethyst cabochon, the central one absent. 2.14 grams, 20.76 mm overall, 17.48 x 16.74 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)
Acquired from Derek Content, 23 January 1995. Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by an original invoice from Derek Content, 23 January 1995. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13453-259908.
The ring belongs to the category of fede rings, characterised by clasped hands on the back and ruby sets, conical bezels with oval settings. Sometimes, three knobs were used in place of the set of stones.
