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LOT 1754
Medieval and Other Artefact Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 2 3/4 in. (416 grams total, 13-71 mm).
Including crotal bells, thimbles, buckle loops, military button, Colchester-type bow brooch and other items. [57, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound various sites in Essex, UK.
Property of an Essex collector.
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Medieval Four Basse-Taille Plaques from a Processional Cross Depicting Four Evangelists
Catalonia, circa 1400-1420 A.D.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,222
Group of four quatrefoil plaques, each with a hole to the end of each arm for attachment and detailed enamelled image of an evangelist's emblem (man, lion, eagle, calf) on a deep blue field. 26 grams total, 48-50 mm
with Galerie Charles Ratton, 2021. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12058-217470.
From the 4th century A.D., the vision of Ezekiel and John's Apocalypse, assigned the lion, the angel, the eagle, and the ox a place in the iconography of the Tetramorph to represent the four evangelists. Therefore, during the Middles Ages and until today, the evangelists' emblems are: Matthew represented by an angel, Mark by a lion, Luke by a calf and John by an eagle. Strangely, in this set the image of an angel holding a scroll bears the inscription 'Marcus' (St Mark). These quatrefoils were usually decorating caskets keeping relics of saints, holy books or crosses. -
Medieval Gold Garter Clasp
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Triangular clasp panel formed as a cluster of granulated grapes, pierced at the upper corners for attachment. 1.12 grams, 21 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. -
Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Button Group
14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
With domed outer face and attachment loop to the reverse; granule ornament to apex. 20.8 grams total, 14-15 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984. Property of an Essex collector.
