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LOT 1595
Medieval Bronze Cross Fleury Mount
CIRCA 15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (9.35 grams, 26 mm).
Of quatrefoil form bearing a raised cross fleury ornamented with pellets; two decorative circular punches to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Berkshire, UK.
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The use of seals became more and more essential during the time when the majority of the population was illiterate; the use of signet rings continued until after the fall of Rome in the West. With the establishment of heraldry, the armorial signet was generally adopted by all those entitled to bear arms. A considerable proportion of medieval rings were signets, with portraits, names or monograms, and emblems such as the cross, most of these having the designs cut in a metal bezel.
