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LOT 1896
Medieval and Later Bronze Key and Lock Collection
CIRCA 15TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 1 7/8 in. (89 grams total, 28-48 mm).
Including barrel and pin key-types, tubular lock cases and other items. [17, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on various UK sites since 1974.
Property of an Essex collector.
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LOT 1896
Medieval and Later Bronze Key and Lock Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Medieval Stone Holy Water Font
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Squat in profile with foliage and scrolls to the sidewall, deep bowl and pouring lip. 6.25 kg, 28 cm wide
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Medieval Bifacial Gilt Bronze Altar Cross Mount
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Roundel with low-relief enamelled rosette to one face, to the other an applied high-relief figure of an angel with wings spread, nimbus to the head, holding the hem of his robe in his right hand; secondary piercing behind the angel's wing. 56.2 grams, 48 mm
Found near Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-EED2A2. -
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Ethiopian Bronze Processional Cross
Early 15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Openwork flat-section panel with interlaced tendril design engraved with the Virgin and Child to one face and two archangels to the other in low-relief; tapering tubular socket with circumferential ribbing, lateral angled spurs. 406 grams, 29.5 cm
Acquired in 2002 from a private collection in Lisbon, Portugal. Ex central London gallery.
