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LOT 2254
Medieval Bronze Beehive Thimble Collection
CIRCA 14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 7/8 in. (22.24 grams total, 17-21 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 2254
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 with Cross
Circa 10th-12th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
The hoop formed as a series of lozenge plaques with vertical median stripes and interstitial rectangular plaques with similar detailing. 4.2 grams, 23.93 mm overall, 21.15 x 20.83 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. -
Large Medieval Knight's Gilt Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Roundel with Three Crowns for the Bishop of Ely
Circa 13th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Discoid panel with reserved heater shield on foliage field; three crowns each with a median cross pommee upstand; mounted in a tiered gilt-bronze circular frame (possibly later). 29.68 grams, 50 mm
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
Two enamelled heraldic pendants of this shape are illustrated in Ashley (2002, fig. 21, nos. 197 and 198), both bearing the same decoration, the three crowns, which are the arms of the Bishop of Ely. Ashley describes them as a comparatively rare type (2002, 23). The blazon of the arms is given as 'Gules three crowns Or' (2002, 45). Horse-harness pendants date from the 12th to the 14th centuries, but were more common in the late 13th and early 14th centuries (Griffiths 1986). Similar records on the PAS database include NMS-6FF080, NMS-A4F8A2, LEIC-344ED2, WAW-600DE5, CAM-67BD16 (with suspension mount), WILT-9C5CEE. -
Medieval Bronze Ring Brooch Group
Circa 13th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising an annular ring brooch with twisted body, rectangular with sword-shaped pin, annular with flat body and legend 'AVE MARI', annular with a sword-shaped pin. 6.56 grams total, 14-25 mm
Ex retired East Anglian school teacher, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK, 1960s-1980s.
