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LOT 1830
Medieval Bronze Pot Leg and Bell Group
12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 2 in. (754 grams total, 35-50 mm).
Comprising nine stubby cast legs from bronze cooking pots, and a small bell with pierced knop finial. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
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Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
This amatory legend is found on other matrices, where the first word is more usually spelled FEI – a similar example is PAS database, SOM-D80124. An impression in the National Library of Wales is attached to a document dated c.1310. For this and similar legends see, Jones, M., The Beautiful Game: Courtly Love Posies in Anglo-Norman Inscribed on Jewellery and Seals, in Journal of the British Archaeological Association 176 (2023), 1-30. -
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