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LOT 2340
Large Medieval Ornate Bronze Door Key with Zoomorphs
CIRCA 13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (45.2 grams, 77 mm).
Comprising a tubular-section shank with hatched ornament, circular bow with lateral bird-heads to the rear, 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.
Exhibited at the Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 7th October 2026-9th December 2026; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefacts on display.
LiteratureCf. Medieval Catalogue, London Museum Catalogues: No.7, 1940, p.XXIX, no.18.
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LOT 2340
Large Medieval Ornate Bronze Door Key with Zoomorphs
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 Bronze Candlestick on Ornate Tripod Base
Circa 13th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Tapering tubular socket with vents at the base and short balustered shank, triangular base with three splayed feet, pounced field between. 137 grams, 70 mm
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. -
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Medieval Wooden Panel of The Nativity
Germany, Middle Rhine Valley, circa 1500 A.D.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Carved in high relief, depicting an open-fronted wooden structure with a tiled or shingled roof and gabled dormer; beneath the roof, a wickerwork crib with the Christ Child, Mary and Joseph on each side of the crib and gazing down adoringly, a group of angels behind the crib, a pair of shepherds look on from the right, an ox and an ass behind Joseph; suspension wire to the reverse. 9.5 kg, 79.5 cm h x 91 cm w
Private collection, Burgundy, circa 1960s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13552-262840.
The compositional model for this relief comes from the Bladelin Triptych painted by Rogier van der Weyden around 1450, which for the first time set the architectural setting of the stable in which the Nativity takes place on the diamond rather than with its fourth wall parallel to the picture plane. The treatment of the carving and the ambitious planar construction of the stable's roof and columns can be compared with sculpture produced in Freiburg, Colmar and Strasbourg at this date, by artists including Hans Wydyz and Weit Wagner.
