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LOT 2202
Medieval Bronze Beehive Thimble Collection
CIRCA 14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (20.1 grams total, 16-19 mm).
Including low dome with lines of pointillé impressions, and other types. [5]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 2202
Medieval Bronze Beehive Thimble Collection
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Medieval Bronze Ring Bezel Group
1400-1600 A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: an incomplete signet ring with a feathered border enclosing a merchant's mark formed from the black letter lowercase christogram 'ihc'; the other with an oval bezel bearing a reclining, facing lion figure; accompanied by two museum-quality impressions. 9.03 grams total, 22-25 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Lydd, Kent, UK; one with a PAS report. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-B5C4CA. -
Large Medieval Silver Signet Ring with Trees
Pre-1450 A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
With broad carinated hoop and discoid bezel; each facet of the hoop with niello-inlaid legend 'Arter D'Aielo'; trefoil to each spandrel; bezel with central motif of three trees within a circular border with Lombardic script legend 'X S' Den . Pere . Iohan' (seal of Denis, father of John); supplied with an old collector's record card. 12.84 grams, 25.24 mm overall, 20.10 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by an original 1970s-1980s typed collector's card. -
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix with Bird
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Vesica type with perching bird motif and legend 'S'[....]LIVM[...]', supplied with an impression. 8.3 grams, 34 mm
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
