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LOT 2300
Medieval Bronze Ring with Ring-and-Dot Motif
CIRCA 14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (7.29 grams, 22.50 mm overall, 19.05 x 17.38 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Keeled hoop with expanding shoulders, oval bezel with deeply punched ring-and-dot motifs. [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 2300
Medieval Bronze Ring with Ring-and-Dot Motif
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 Bronze Round Seal Matrix with Cockerel of Simon Fleming
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
With central cockerel motif and legend to the border '*S' SIMONIS FLEMING' (seal of Simon Fleming); supplied with an impression. 5.73 grams, 20.21 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Large Medieval Ornate Bronze Door Key with Quatrefoil
Circa 13th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Tubular-section barrel shank with incised hatching and traces of silver inlay, bow with central quatrefoil void and spurs to the radiating arms, large rectangular bit with clefts and grooved wards. 50.7 grams, 96 mm
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. From an extensive collection of large medieval keys; the property of a Kent, UK gentleman. -
Medieval Silver Annular Brooch with Pin
1200-1700 A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
The frame circular in plan with a sub-triangular cross-section and convex outer edge, flat reverse; a pair of decorative transverse grooves flanking the pin constriction, recess for the pin-rest; pin coiled around the shank, D-shaped in section and with a rounded point, decorated with three transverse grooves to the obverse. 2.72 grams, 21 mm
Found near Lewes, East Sussex, UK; declared as potential Treasure under the Treasure Act with Treasure reference no.2025T785, subsiquently disclaimed and returned to the finder. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUSS-2465B3.
Annular brooches were used to fasten garments, growing in popularity during the 13th and 14th centuries and continuing into the Post Medieval period. See Egan and Pritchard (2002, pg. 248-255) for examples recovered from Medieval contexts in London. A broadly similar medieval example that has been submitted through the treasure process includes: 2007T343 (SUSS-BC4C47). However, the form is decoratively similar to some early Post Medieval examples such as DOR-3A57FD (2022T442) and GLO-3C6A1A (2022T439), of 16th century date, but on these examples the reverse of the frame is bevelled not flat. Based on the above examples a broad 13th to 17th century date is suggested.
