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LOT 2277
Medieval Bronze Round Seal Matrix with Saint Margaret
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (11.3 grams, 24.9 mm).
With central facing figure on a hatched field, legend to border ' +SCE MARGARETA' (St. Margaret).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 2277
Medieval Bronze Round Seal Matrix with Saint Margaret
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) +BP*
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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 Bronze Beehive Thimble Collection
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Including low dome with lines of pointillé impressions, and other types. 20.1 grams total, 16-19 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Medieval and Later Silver Ring Group
Circa 15th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising flat-section hoop with oval bezel depicting a stylised quadruple animal in profile; flat-section hoop expanding to oval bezel with incised lines; rectangular-section hoop with stepped bezel engraved with star motif. 8.84 grams total, 20-25 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
