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LOT 1925
Medieval Bronze Ring with Sun Motif
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (11.49 grams, 26.04 mm overall, 19.37 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)).
Comprising a D-section shank with stud to the underside, drum-shaped bezel with impressed central starburst. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. for the type of ring one of the rings found in the Hoard of Fishpool, in Leahy, K., Lewis, M., Finds Identified II, Dress fittings & ornaments, Witham, 2020, p.268.
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LOT 1925
Medieval Bronze Ring with Sun 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 Ring Brooch Group
Circa 13th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. 9.03 grams total, 16-28 mm
From the private collection of Graham Slater (1927-2024), Cambridge, UK; formed 1980s-1990s. -
Medieval Illuminated Vellum Leaf from the Book of Genesis
Paris, 13th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £1,100
A large illumination with silver and gold highlights, a tall capital 'I' occupying the left margin, depicting the seven scenes of the Creation of the World within an interlacing design terminating in small leaves, fine Gothic script with red punctuation; set in a gilt glazed frame. 620 grams total, 28.6 x 28.6 cm
Piasa, Paris, 25 June 2015, no.7. Private collection, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13381-259016.
This large initial introduces the text of the Book of Genesis—the opening phrase of which, *IN PRINCIPIO CREAVIT DEVS* ('In the beginning God created'), can be read along its right edge—extending to Chapter 3, verse 18. The large initial is embellished with burnished gold but, notably, also with silver—a feature that is extremely rare in the art of illumination from this period. -
Medieval Bronze Dagger Pommel
England, 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Pommel from a rondel dagger, discoidal in plan and moulded with multiple radiating lobed ribs on both faces, central sub-rectangular hole for the tang. 50 grams, 33 mm
Found Achurch, Northamptonshire, UK. Recorded with UKDFD no.40604.
