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LOT 2184
Medieval Bronze Knife Pommel Collection
CIRCA 15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
12 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (1.06 kg total, 32 x 32 cm including framed).
Comprising: knife and dagger pommels of various domed, hooked, pierced, trefoil and other types; mounted in a glazed wooden collector's frame with label.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s-1980s.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
See Capwell, Dr. T., Knives, Daggers and Bayonets, London, 2009, for discussion.
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LOT 2184
Medieval Bronze Knife Pommel Collection
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 Knight's Enamelled Gilt Bronze 'De Bohun Family, Earl of Hereford' Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant
14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Heater-shaped with integral loop above; three diagonal stripes (bends cotised) on a fully enamelled blue field between lions rampant; blazoned 'azure a bend cotised between six lions rampant or', the arms of de Bohun, earls of Hereford and Essex. 13.1 grams, 40 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The de Bohun family took its name from the region of Bohun in the Cotentin peninsula, Normandy, France. John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (died January 1336) was born the son of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford. After Humphrey's death at the Battle of Boroughbridge, the family lands were forfeited by John who was only later permitted to succeed to his positions as Earl of Hereford and Essex, Constable of England and Lord of Brecknock. -
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 Beehive Thimble Collection
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising five domed thimbles with pellet decoration. 18.1 grams total, 15-22 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
