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LOT 2299
Medieval Bronze Buckle with Engraved Lion on Plate within Cage
CIRCA 1200-1350 A.D.
1 1/2 in. (15.3 grams, 38 mm).
With a kidney-shaped loop; a rectangular plate with an engraved lion passant, a raised border with four raised cells with white enamel, and four triangular-section rods securing a central cell with white enamel.
ProvenanceFound Bedford, UK, on 10th November 2011.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BH-715066.
See Egan, G. & Pritchard, F., Dress Accessories 1150-1450, London, 2002, items 1132 and 1021.
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LOT 2299
Medieval Bronze Buckle with Engraved Lion on Plate within Cage
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Medieval Lead Seal Matrix of Robert
Circa 1200-1300 A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Circular seal matrix with remains of a suspension lug on the reverse, the obverse with a six-pointed star or flower at the centre, surrounded by a retrograde legend starting at twelve o'clock and reading '.S'RVB'TI FI'S (I/T)VRIS' for 'seal of Robert/Rupert son of [?]'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 8.61 grams, 25 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, UK. 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-FB0903.
The patronymic on this seal is uncertain; if the first letter is I, then it may be Jarvis/Jervis. -
Medieval Silver-Gilt 'Clasped Hands' Ring with Flower
15th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Rectangular section hoop with applied rosette cross for the bezel, geometric panels and motif to the underside of clasped hands; bezel refitted. 6.06 grams, 24.17 mm overall, 19.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)
Fine condition; bezel refitted.
Acquired in London, UK, in 1987. Property of a Kent gentleman. -
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix for Lambert
Circa 12th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With short bulbous shank, loop and broad disc below, central rosette motif and legend to order '+ S’ LANBERT HELOC'; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 7.47 grams, 17 mm
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
