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LOT 0335
Large Medieval Silver Signet Ring with Trees
PRE-1450 A.D.
1 in. (12.84 grams, 25.24 mm overall, 20.10 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)).
With broad carinated hoop and discoid bezel; each facet of the hoop with niello-inlaid legend 'Arter D'Aielo'; trefoil to each spandrel; bezel with central motif of three trees within a circular border with Lombardic script legend 'X S' Den . Pere . Iohan' (seal of Denis, father of John); supplied with an old collector's record card.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original 1970s-1980s typed collector's card.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 620, for type.
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LOT 0335
Large Medieval Silver Signet Ring with Trees
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£250 (EUR 290; USD 338) ‡+BP*
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Medieval Bronze Round Seal Matrix with Cockerel of Simon Fleming
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
With central cockerel motif and legend to the border '*S' SIMONIS FLEMING' (seal of Simon Fleming); supplied with an impression. 5.73 grams, 20.21 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
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Medieval Red Clay Quatrefoil Tiles Decorated with Symbols of Saint John and Saint Mark
Circa 1500 A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Comprising a pair of quatrefoil-shaped tiles, each with raised border and high-relief motif of an animal; one with a seated winged lion with a halo and a scroll representing Saint Mark; other with an eagle with a halo and a scroll representing Saint John. 2.53 kg total, 22.5 cm each
Private collection near Avignon, France. -
Medieval Bronze Thimble Collection
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including flat-topped, beehive and other types. 28.87 grams total, 16-22 mm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
