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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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Medieval Lead Seal Matrix of Robert
Circa 1200-1300 A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Circular seal matrix with remains of a suspension lug on the reverse, the obverse with a six-pointed star or flower at the centre, surrounded by a retrograde legend starting at twelve o'clock and reading '.S'RVB'TI FI'S (I/T)VRIS' for 'seal of Robert/Rupert son of [?]'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 8.61 grams, 25 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-FB0903.
The patronymic on this seal is uncertain; if the first letter is I, then it may be Jarvis/Jervis. -
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Medieval Part of a Circular Box with Embossed Leather
15th century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Bids: 5 | Current Bid: £55
Discoid in plan with applied decorative plates to the sidewall; cuir bouilli panels to the outer face with reserved fronds and tendrils on a pounced field, central roundel with agnus dei and four radiating heater-shaped lobes with heraldic designs - crossed keys, field of fleurs-de-lys, lion rampant and plain chief (upper panel); below the rim, six of original seven rectangular brackets; inner face with later sheet-bronze lining bearing printed gilt designs; old collector's label to inner base with indistinct legend end ing '...Lille'. 545 grams, 23 cm wide
By repute, collection of Andre (1875-1949) and Maria (1887-1947) Larminet-Davioud, Lille. By descent to Georges Davioud (1927-2014), Lille. By descent to his heirs, and sold at their sale, Pierre Berge, Paris, 27th January 2021. -
Medieval Bronze Knife Pommel Collection
Circa 15th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Comprising: knife and dagger pommels of various domed, hooked, pierced, trefoil and other types; mounted in a glazed wooden collector's frame with label. 1.06 kg total, 32 x 32 cm including framed
Acquired in the 1970s-1980s. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
