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LOT 1699
Medieval and Later 'Essex' Bronze Casket Key Collection
14TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 - 2 in. (26 grams total, 41-51 mm).
Comprising examples with differently shaped bows and bits. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Essex, UK.
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LOT 1699
Medieval and Later 'Essex' Bronze Casket Key Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Medieval Stained Glass Panel with Bishop Hearing Disputes Beneath Gold Reliquary Caskets
Northern France, circa 1525 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Rectangular, with lead came frame and later suspension loop to each corner; painted scene depicting a bishop wearing his mitre and chasuble and holding his crozier standing among a group of disputants in a gallery with reliquary caskets above. 436 grams, 26 x 19.5 cm
These panels come from a Parisian flat in the 7th arrondissement, very close to the Rodin Museum. The family owning the panels lived in the flat for several generations. Ex central London gallery. -
Medieval Bronze Priest Laver Pouring Spout with Dog's Head
14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With stylised detailing, mouth closed around a round-section spout, curved round-section neck with section cut away for attachment. 66 grams, 71 mm
Found Somerset, UK.
A priest's laver was a large ceremonial basin used for ritual ablutions. -
Medieval Ceramic Group
15th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Composed of glazed and decorated fragmentary vessel fragments. 11.7 kg total including box, 53 x 23.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
Bowls similar to the specimen in this group, dated to of the first half of the 17th century, were present in very small numbers in the Oxford excavations of late Medieval and Post Medieval levels. Locally manufactured bowls of the second half of the 17th century were found in large numbers from the various layers, made up of Oxford Type B, with their distinctive angular profiles, dated circa 1650-1690.
