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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 Pocket Mirror Case with Mirror
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Comprising two discoid panels, each hinged at one edge, with punched markings to the outer face, remains of lead paste and cracked glass insert inside. 27 grams, 45.2 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
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Medieval Lead Pilgrim's Pendant with Calvary and Dragon-Slaying
14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid in plan with bifacial low-relief imagery: Obverse - Calvary scene with Corpus Christi and flanking mourners; Reverse - hatched field with supine dragon, triumphant robed and crowned figure holding aloft a cross piercing the dragon's mouth. 5.63 grams, 28 mm
From a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.
The imagery may represent St George slaying the dragon, although he is usually pictured nimbate and on horseback. Alternatively, it may show Christ overcoming Satan in the form of a dragon in the Harrowing of Hell episode. -
Medieval Bronze Round Seal Matrix with Knight Holding a Sword
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
With central motif of a figure in profile with a crown holding a sword aloft, enigmatic legend to the border '*LVHSTAVTHVT'.; supplied with an impression. 12.6 grams, 28.3 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
