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LOT 1752
Medieval Bronze and Silver Artefact Group
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 3 3/8 in. (12.7 grams total, 15-84 mm).
Comprising: a number of clothes fasteners, including openwork examples; a gilt fitting; a chape with triangular cross-section, scallopped lip and incised ornament; buckle and zoomorphic terminals. [11, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Sullivan family collection, UK; acquired since 2003.
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Medieval and Later Bronze Thimble Collection
Circa 15th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Ranging in sizes and types, and including beehive and open-topped examples and examples decorated with palmettes. 87 grams total, 11-22 mm
Found Berkshire, UK. -
Medieval Bronze Ring with Hunting Scene
14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
The hoop with chamfered edges, expanding at the shoulders to an octagonal bezel engraved with a hunting scene: a stag bounding right, pursued by a standing figure holding what is likely a crossbow or a gun. 7.45 grams, 24.67 mm overall, 21.14 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X, USA 11 1/2, Europe 26.29, Japan 25)
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
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.
