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LOT 1586
Medieval Bronze Merchant's Signet Ring
CIRCA 15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (11.12 grams, 24.41 mm overall, 20.25 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)).
Hoop with expanded and facetted shoulders, octagonal bezel engraved with three stylised ships over a highly stylised plant motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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Medieval Bronze Openwork Belt Mount with Bird
12th-13th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Rectangular in plan with openwork design displaying a bird standing right, its head turned upside down, holding a scrolling tendril in its beak; plain reverse plate with one rolled lip and rivets. 13.4 grams, 34 mm
Found Berkshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BERK-700C61. -
Medieval Iron Artefact Group
14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising small scythes and knife blades of various types. 1.75 kg total, 11-24 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
A variety of 14th and 15th century forms of knives are represented here including several with stepped backs. In the 14th century the blades of the knives became to be longer and thinner and frequently marked. -
Medieval Limoges Bronze and Champleve Enamel Roundel with Fantastical Creature
Circa 13th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,400
Openwork winged beast to the centre, its tails curling beneath the body creating the foliate tendrils on which it perches, broad outer roundel decorated with geometric plants alternating with lozenges, extensive remains of blue champlevé enamelling; engraved and chiselled; four attachment holes. 61 grams, 89 mm wide
with Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1993, lot 22. Private collection, Europe. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11903-206496.
Likely used to adorn a coffret. Likely before 1227 A.D.
