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LOT 2206
Medieval Bronze Ring with Inscription
CIRCA 14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.96 grams, 23.50 mm overall, 18.55 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
D-section hoop with discoid decor enclosing a lozenge-shaped plaque inscribed 'ARI'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2206
Medieval Bronze Ring with Inscription
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 Boxwood Drinking Cup with Gilt Copper Fittings
Southern Germany, circa 1500 A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 6 | Current Bid: £110
Turned wooden vessel with tiered foot, twisted fluting to the stem, globular body with scrolled ledge handle, slightly tapering neck and everted rim to the mouth; with old collector's note in German dated 1914. 440 grams, 20 cm high
Pfyffer von Altishofen (1914), a well known family in central Switzerland. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13539-262846.
This small wooden cup from Germany, dating to around 1500 AD, represents the fascinating transitional period from the late Gothic to the early Renaissance. During this era, the function of such small cups shifted from that of purely portable, sturdy travel containers to that of prestigious art objects intended for the more settled burgher and noble classes. -
Medieval Bifacial Illuminated Book of Hours Vellum Manuscript Page
France, circa 15th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Rectangular leaf with one ragged edge; recto: list of fourteen saints' names, each with a liquid gold versal 'S beginning 'Sancte Ludowice'; verso: list of thirteen saints' names and other invocations, each with a liquid gold versal beginning 'Sancta scolastica'; pencilled notation to recto; in a hinged card frame with reveal. 44.7 grams, 20.3 x 16.5 cm
From a late 18th century Irish family collection; thence by descent to a Devonshire, UK, gentleman. -
Medieval Silver Vesica-Shaped Seal Matrix of Agnes Daughter of Adam of Walpole
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
With central fleur-de-lys motif, border with legend '+ S' AGNETIS FILE ADE DE WALEPOL'; supplied with an impression. 11.1 grams, 36.4 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
Adam’s home was one of the two villages named Walpole in East Anglia, one in Norfolk, one in Suffolk.
