Medieval and Other Mixed Artefact Collection

Rectangular with framework of lead cames; segmented borders and median band of vegetation in rich blue, yellow, rose-pink and other shades. 1.69 kg, 43.5 x 22 cm



with De Baecque Encheres, 14 April 2008, no.202 and 207 (part).

Inner wooden casket with chamfered rim and separate lid, encased within rectangular gilt-bronze panels with enamel decoration, four gilt-bronze stud feet to the underside; the lid with three nimbate figures, a female saint with palm frond and two flanking figures holding books, all reserved on a blue field with interstitial polychrome rosettes; Side A: nimbate bearded bust of Christ in Majesty with right hand in gesture of benison, left hand supporting a book, flanked by two winged nimbate angels; Side B: nimbate bust of a winged angel in a roundel; Side C: geometric repeating pattern of lozenges with floral fill; Side D: mirror image of Side B. 760 grams, 14.5 cm



John Pierpont Morgan, New York, and London, until 1917. Private collection, Suffolk. Accompanied by a copy of a previous four page illustrated cataloguing document with references. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12039-212154.

The two end-panels are believed to have been added at a later date than the longer panels and may have been trimmed slightly along the lower edges. The panels are attached with domed pins of various types.

Of lancet form displaying a bishop wearing a mitre and holding a crook and globus cruciger; one remaining attachment loop. 3.64 grams, 35 mm



European collection, 1990s. Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.