Medieval and Other Lead Spindle Whorl Collection

Comprising: an apostle finial; a quatrefoil horse harness pendant with lion passant guardant on a square field with fleur-de-lys to each side; a section of an inscribed purse bar reading 'AVE MARIA' to one side and 'IE[S]VMX to the other, two loops above; a section of a purse bar with cross-hatched design. 88 grams total including document, 35-68 mm



Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. Three objects with record sheets by Jim Halliday. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Openwork design with figural detailing in three registers comprising: upper: lancet arch with crouching figure holding a sword; standing female with infant; fragment of figure; standing robed nimbate figure; fragment of building frame with figure; middle: crouching figure (shepherd) looking towards seated female with infant (Mary) beneath star, and three advancing figures with arms raised (Magi); lower: galley with three oars, mast and sail, various figures partly visible above the gunwale and seated figure in stern. 13.78 grams, 85 mm



Ex European collection, 1990s. Property of a Cambrigeshire, UK, gentleman. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Ursula was a Romano-British martyr of ​possible royal origin. She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and the Anglican Communion.

Shield-shaped with lion rampant, loop above, some gilding on the obverse. 4.2 grams, 31 mm



Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.