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LOT 2160
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix for Lambert
CIRCA 12TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (7.47 grams, 17 mm).
With short bulbous shank, loop and broad disc below, central rosette motif and legend to order '+ S’ LANBERT HELOC'; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 2160
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix for Lambert
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) ‡+BP*
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Collection of Tudor Period and Earlier Hooked Clothes Fasteners
Circa 8th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Group of hooked tags and fasteners, mostly openwork castings with integral hook; mostly bronze but some early silver types and Tudor gilt metal domed types with applied filigree detailing; mounted on a fabric backing in a substantial glazed wooden display case with hinged lid; collector's title card. 4.29 kg total, 48 x 40 cm including frame
Acquired in the 1970s-1980s. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. -
Medieval Bronze Ring Bezel Group
1400-1600 A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: an incomplete signet ring with a feathered border enclosing a merchant's mark formed from the black letter lowercase christogram 'ihc'; the other with an oval bezel bearing a reclining, facing lion figure; accompanied by two museum-quality impressions. 9.03 grams total, 22-25 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Lydd, Kent, UK; one with a PAS report. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-B5C4CA. -
Medieval Bronze Vesica-Shaped Seal Matrix of William
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
With central motif of a lion courant, border with legend '* S' VVILL[...]VS[.]ACI'; supplied with an impression. 7.28 grams, 29 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
