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LOT 1298
Medieval and Later Artefact Group
CIRCA 12TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 2 1/2 in. (587 grams total, 11-63 mm).
Comprising a quantity of mixed items, including rings, mounts, thimbles, buttons, coins and other items, most fragmentary. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK.
Acquired from the finder in 2008.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
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Medieval Innocent III Lead Papal Bulla
1198-1216 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Obverse with faces of the saints Peter and Paul within a border of raised pellets, above the heads 'SPA' for St. Paul to the left and 'SPE' for St. Peter to the right; reverse with 'INNO//CENTIVS//.PP .III.' also within a border of raised pellets. 53 grams, 41 mm
Found Southern England. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
'PP' stands for pastor pastorum or 'shepherd of the shepherds'. -
Published Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Rood Group Pilgrim's Badge with Crucifixion Scene
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Openwork badge comprising a quatrefoil frame with interstitial barbs, beaded rim; central crucifixion scene; remains of pin-lug to the reverse. 6.46 grams, 39 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984. Property of an Essex collector.
A group of figures of this type is called the 'rood group' and was traditionally displayed, before the Reformation, in church on the 'rood screen', from Old English rod 'sign, emblem, display' referring to the visual depiction of the Crucifixion. -
Medieval Silver-Gilt Ring Brooch
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Flat-section silver gold frame with applied granules and discs, two raised cells, flat sword-shaped pin. 1.26 grams, 19.98 mm
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
