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LOT 0390
Late Medieval Period Gold Signet Ring with Arabic Inscription
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.02 grams, 26.04 mm overall, 19.73 x 18.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)).
Comprising a narrow hoop with waisted shoulders, incised detailing, knop to the underside; ellipsoid plaque with central raised panel surrounded by pellets and with incised inscription. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old French collection believed to have been formed in the 1960s.
Acquired privately as part of a collection in the early 1990s.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 533, 536, for type.
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LOT 0390
Late Medieval Period Gold Signet Ring with Arabic Inscription
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Medieval Iron Horse Shoe Group
14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising shoes of various sizes, types and dates and including examples retaining nails. 8.35 kg total, 11-14 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
Late medieval and Renaissance horseshoes had an angular inner profile. These horse shoes were broadly C-shaped and rectangular in section. -
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Framed Medieval Lead Seal Matrix of Thomas Son of Walter
13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Discoid in shape with central eight-petalled flower within a roundel, surrounding 'S’ THOME FIL WALTE = SEAL OF THOMAS SON OF WALTER' legend. 95 grams, 12.5 x 12.5 cm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
During the medieval period the use of seals on documents, letters and packages became widespread. Lead was cheap to use and easy to engrave, and from the late 12th until the end of 13th century seals of this type, with very conventional central designs, were important possessions amongst the lower classes. -
Medieval Bronze Ring with Star
15th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
The shoulders fashioned as beast-heads, flared disc bezel with border and enigmatic 'IOLE' inscription surmounted by a six-pointed star. 5.70 grams, 24.13 mm overall, 17.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
