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LOT 0379
Late Medieval Gold Ring with Orb and Scrolls
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (10.01 grams, 19.73 mm overall, 16.14 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).
Discoid domed bezel with central socket, scroll and foliage motifs.
ProvenanceFrom a family collection since the 1990s, thence by descent 2017.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 617.
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LOT 0379
Late Medieval Gold Ring with Orb and Scrolls
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Medieval Gold Ring Set with Gemstones
1200-1400 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
With a slender D-section hoop, bevelled rectangular cell set with a garnet cabochon; satellite settings at the corners, each with a green cabochon (one absent), the ring preserved in the same condition as it was when found. 2.81 grams, 27 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Finchampstead, Wokingham, Berkshire, UK, on Sunday 16th January 2022. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUSS-95B0C7. Reported as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 with reference no.2022T118, and subsequently disclaimed. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11979-208180. -
Medieval Iron Knife with Bronze Pommel
Circa 1500 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Comprising a single cutting edge, scale tang and bifacial pommel with incised motifs. 49 grams, 20.2 cm
Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
The medieval knives could have the tang attached in two ways depending on the the form of the tang. Whittle-tang knives have a tapered tang which is inserted into or through the handle. Scale-tang knives have wider and flatter tangs onto which the plates comprising the handle are attached with metal rivets. -
Medieval Bronze Shield-Shaped Seal Matrix
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Of chess piece type with looped handle; the shield-shaped die with a stag's head, cross above and an inscribed panel above. 5.47 grams, 20 mm
Found Northampton, UK.
The cross alludes to the Vision of St Eustace (also of St. Hubert) who saw the Crucifixion between the antlers of a stag. For a similar seal see PAS database SWYOR-1ES497 where the inscription above reads LELS (for LEL SV, ‘I am loyal’) – the present inscription is probably a debased version of this.
