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LOT 2297
Medieval Bronze Beehive Thimble Collection
CIRCA 14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 7/8 in. (24.3 grams total, 14-21 mm).
Comprising five domed thimbles with pellet decoration. [5]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 2297
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 Bronze Vessica-Shaped Seal Matrix with Agnus Dei
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
With central panel showing Agnus Dei with cross and banner above a pelican in her piety; border with Lombardic script legend 'ECCE ANGNVS DEI AVE MA'; supplied with an impression. 7.51 grams, 36 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
The legend 'AGNVS' is commonly misspelt on medieval matrices. -
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix for Master Robert of Somercotes
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Vesica-shaped with median robed figure holding a flower; border with legend 'S’ MHCRI [for MAGRI] ROB’TI DE SVMERCOTE' for ‘seal of Master Robert of Somercotes (Derbyshire)’; supplied with an impression. 15.9 grams, 37 mm
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. -
Medieval Silver Annular Brooch with Pin
1200-1700 A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
The frame circular in plan with a sub-triangular cross-section and convex outer edge, flat reverse; a pair of decorative transverse grooves flanking the pin constriction, recess for the pin-rest; pin coiled around the shank, D-shaped in section and with a rounded point, decorated with three transverse grooves to the obverse. 2.72 grams, 21 mm
Found near Lewes, East Sussex, UK; declared as potential Treasure under the Treasure Act with Treasure reference no.2025T785, subsiquently disclaimed and returned to the finder. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUSS-2465B3.
Annular brooches were used to fasten garments, growing in popularity during the 13th and 14th centuries and continuing into the Post Medieval period. See Egan and Pritchard (2002, pg. 248-255) for examples recovered from Medieval contexts in London. A broadly similar medieval example that has been submitted through the treasure process includes: 2007T343 (SUSS-BC4C47). However, the form is decoratively similar to some early Post Medieval examples such as DOR-3A57FD (2022T442) and GLO-3C6A1A (2022T439), of 16th century date, but on these examples the reverse of the frame is bevelled not flat. Based on the above examples a broad 13th to 17th century date is suggested.
