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LOT 1566
Medieval and Later Belt Mount Group
MAINLY 14TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 1 7/8 in. (70 grams total, 11-47 mm).
Comprising mounts of various types, including examples retaining gilding: a 13th-15th century Lombardic letter M, for 'Maria'; a 16th-17th century lozenge displaying letter A with floral dashes below; numerous stylised flower-shaped mounts and flower decorated mounts; various shell-shaped mounts, possibly associated with pilgrimage; a squashed 'hoop' with floral piercings to one face; a square plaque displaying a bird amongst flowering tendrils. [16, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Thames foreshore, Tower of London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report numbers LON-33F3F4; LON-45DA48.
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Medieval and Other Bronze Harness Ring Collection
1st-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Mainly slender-bodied and of varying sizes and cross-sections. 188 grams total, 14-34 mm
Found Berkshire, UK. -
Medieval Gilded Bronze Head of Christ
1200-1500 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Modelled in the round with semi-naturalistic face and hair detailing and trace remains of gilding; once belonging to a complete figure of Christ. 17.5 grams, 21 mm
Found Fordham, Essex, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.ESS-EFA165. -
Medieval Glazed Pottery Fragment Group
15th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
Including various vessel elements such as lids, feet and bodies, some with decorative motifs; together with fragmentary glass vessels. 19.2 kg total including box, 69.5 x 30.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
Among the interesting objects of this hoard there is a two-handled cooking pot with partial internal and external clear glaze. These late medieval potteries (circa 1490-1510) were often imported to England from the Low Countries. If in the high medieval period French potteries remained the most common Continental import, in the late Medieval Age the products of France, the Low Countries, the Rhineland and the Iberian Peninsula occurred in roughly equal proportions.
