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LOT 1686
Medieval Bronze Round Seal Matrix with Sleeping Lion
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (4.91 grams, 22 mm).
Discoid with central lion rampant, legend to the rim: 'FRANGE LEGE TEGE' MEANING 'break (the seal), read the contents of the letter/document under the seal, conceal (ditto)'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound St Osyth, Essex, UK.
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Medieval Silver Signet Ring with Stork
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With spurs to the shoulders, trumpet-shaped bezel, intaglio design of a stork amid reeds with a star above. 9.74 grams, 26.09 mm overall, 18.06 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)
From the collection of Alan Hardcastle. Ex property of an Essex gentleman. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
