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LOT 2245
Medieval Bronze Beehive Thimble Collection
CIRCA 14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 3/4 in. (18.9 grams total, 15-18 mm).
Comprising six domed thimbles with pellet decoration. [6]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 2245
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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Large Medieval Gilt Bronze Book Mount of Saint Mark's Winged Lion
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Formed as a stylised winged lion standing on a ribbed border, engraved decoration to the body, remains of gilding. 44.5 grams, 60 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Medieval Manuscript Page
15th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Vellum page with band of detailed floral ornament to the left edge and corner; seventeen-line block of bastarda-script text with Latin text beginning 'Domine Jesu Christe, qui septem verba die ultimo vitae tuae in ultimis in cruce pendens dixisti..' a reference to the last words of Christ while hanging on the cross; coloured versals with liquid gold field; mounted in a glazed wooden frame with old pasted label to reverse for J.J.Patrickosn and printed sheet with details of this craftsman. 610 grams total, 30.5 x 24 cm including frame
Ex early-20th century, private collection. Acquired on the UK art market, 2025. -
Large Medieval Bronze Signet Ring
Circa 15th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With lentoid-section hoop, integral ellipsoid bezel with incuse ropework border, central ''R' monogram with saltire behind. 9.70 grams, 26.45 mm overall, 20.58 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
