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LOT 1563
Medieval and Later Bronze and Silver Buckle Collection
13TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 3/4 in. (133 grams total, 13-44 mm).
Comprising buckles of various types, including examples retaining articulate tongues and with decorative designs including hearts; X-motifs; animals and notching; together with a silver openwork brooch featuring a leaping hound and other miscellaneous items. [30, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
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Medieval and Later Bronze Buckle Collection
Circa 12th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising a variety of types and seizes from a broad range of timer periods, including decoratively shaped examples, incised ornament and examples retaining their tongues. 300 grams total, 13-44 mm
Found Berkshire, UK. -
Medieval Bronze Steelyard Weight with Heraldic Shields
Circa 1260-1300 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Heavy with a lead core, spherical in form with pierced flange for suspension above and hatched band to the shoulder; an unusal unofficial copy with three heater shields with raised heraldic arms spaced equally around the body, etched geometric band of chevrons above. 615 grams, 56 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s. From a North London collection.
These heraldic steelyard weights were originally made under the official sanction of Richard (brother of King Henry III) or Edmund, Duke of Cornwall on behalf of the King; Edmund died in 1300 A.D. and such weights were banned in 1350. This example would most likely have been made unofficially towards the end of the period 1260-1300 A.D. The Hanseatic League was created in Germany to protect the interests and privileges of merchants in the medieval period, starting in Europe and with influence spreading to England from the 13th century. -
Medieval Bronze Vesica-Shaped Seal Matrix
13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
With central intaglio fleur-de-lys motif and legend 'S' SECI.I[..]ITA; strap and loop to the reverse. 4.98 grams, 28 mm
Found Nottinghamshire, UK.
