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LOT 2165
Medieval Bronze Ring with Cross
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.2 grams, 23.93 mm overall, 21.15 x 20.83 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)).
The hoop formed as a series of lozenge plaques with vertical median stripes and interstitial rectangular plaques with similar detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 666, for an earlier example of the type.
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LOT 2165
Medieval Bronze Ring with Cross
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) ‡+BP*
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Medieval Gilt Bronze Buckle Plate with Opposing Mythical Birds
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Square in plan, belt plate with hinge knuckle to the foredge, low-relief opposed cranes flanking a stem; rear plate attached with rivets. 5.89 grams, 25 mm
Found near Lewes, East Sussex, UK. -
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 Ring Brooch Group
Circa 13th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising three annular brooches; two with raised cells, one with flat-section pin. 13.5 grams total, 16-45 mm
Ex retired East Anglian school teacher, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK, 1960s-1980s.
