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LOT 1707
Medieval and Later Artefact Group
14TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
3/4 - 2 in. (133 grams total, 19-53 mm).
Including a winder key, belt buckles, jaws harp and other items. [11, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Buckinghamshire, UK; formed in the 1980s.
Property of a Scottish collector, acquired in 2013.
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Medieval Silver Iconographic Ring
Circa 15th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
With thick segmented hoop and square bezel; each shoulder with a tapering panel depicting a winged nimbate figure, facing; below this, a rectangular panel with a voided cross; underside with a nimbate eagle; above the shoulders, two splayed fronds; lateral faces of the bezel with flowers, each larger face with nimbate figure on a hatched field; underside with inscription oremus (let us pray). 15.77 grams, 27.25 mm overall, 20.16 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23, Japan 22)
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
The nimbate figures and inscription suggest that the ring was a devotional object belonging to a cleric or ecclesiastical leader. -
Medieval Bronze Trade Weight
12th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Bell-shaped with incised rings to the shoulder, sturdy loop. 846 grams, 65 mm
Acquired since the 1970s. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Medieval Stained Glass with Angel Holding a Scroll
Northern France, circa 1520 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Irregular glass panel with painted image of a winged angel with hands folded inside a partly-unfurled scroll; mounted in a display frame. 398 grams, 29 cm
Acquired on the UK art market, 2018.
