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LOT 1897
Medieval Bronze Ring Brooch Group
CIRCA 13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 1/8 in. (9.03 grams total, 16-28 mm).
Comprising three annular brooches: one with a raised wreath decoration; one with parallel notches; one with six raised cells, four with blue and white glass inserts. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Graham Slater (1927-2024), Cambridge, UK; formed 1980s-1990s.
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LOT 1897
Medieval Bronze Ring Brooch Group
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Medieval Gilt Bronze Statue of the Act of Almsgiving
England, 12th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Featuring a standing figure extending a purse to a kneeling supplicant, an allegory of almsgiving, preserving substantial traces of its original gilding, this rare Romanesque figural group likely formed part of a larger liturgical object such as a portable altar, reliquary, or candlestick; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 26 grams, 43 mm (284 grams total, 68 mm including stand)
By repute to have originated from Romney Marsh, Kent. From the collection of Paul Moore. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13324-257971.
The work finds close parallels in the Romanesque metalwork of England. Its figural treatment and iconographic resonance invite comparison with the celebrated Gloucester Candlestick (c.1107– 1113, Victoria & Albert Museum, inv. M.268-1921), where densely modelled figures act out moral and allegorical themes within a functional ecclesiastical object; with the Romanesque candlestick fragment from the Robert von Hirsch Collection (Sotheby’s, London, 22 June 1978, Lot 210); and with the broader corpus of English and German candlesticks and crosiers discussed by Peter Lasko in Ars Sacra, 800–1200 (1972), which demonstrate the intimate relationship between liturgical function and densely figurative decoration. Cf. also Victoria and Albert Museum, London: The Gloucester Candlestick, c.1107–1113 (inv. M.268-1921). -
Medieval Knight's Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant with Hanger
13th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: suspension strap formed as two roundels with stamped pellet clusters and returned end holding the bar of a hinge securing the pendant, a quatrefoil type with its surface divided by bilinear bars into triangular zones, with a stamped rosette in each angle. 16.4 grams, 87 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Medieval Knight's Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant Group
13th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including domed type with voided cross and pellets, and other types. 11.3 grams total, 29-33 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
