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LOT 2235
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix of Pieter Van Den Sanne
CIRCA 1200-1300 A.D.
1 1/8 in. (12.5 grams, 29 mm).
Chess piece type seal matrix with a pierced trefoil-shaped lug, circular die with a merchant's mark and inscription reading '+PIETER VAN DEN SANNE'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, UK.
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-566C60.
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LOT 2235
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix of Pieter Van Den Sanne
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 Bronze Round Seal Matrix with Stag
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
With central motif of a recumbent stag, border with legend '+ ALAS BOVES'; supplied with an impression. 10.3 grams, 25.4 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
This is an example of a common legend, more commonly, ALAS BOVLES/BOWLES, which is associated with matrices bearing animal designs, but which has never been satisfactorily explained. -
Very Large Medieval Bronze Glove Ring with Inscription to Hoop and Bezel
Circa 12th-13th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Large flat-section hoop with applied disc bezel; hoop with enigmatic retrograde legend 'ISR++ЬПШб[.]+KPIC[.]+OUne[.]+BPIC+++'; disc with incised lines forming four panels, with legends 'бu', '+', 'nu', 'Я'. 3.61 grams, 29.55 mm overall, 27.53 mm internal diameter
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
Probably a glove-ring. The script appears to be Cyrillic: the sequence ']+KPIC[.]' may spell the word 'Krist-', 'Christ'. The bezel's grapheme 'Я' is probably the pronoun 'I' (1st person singular). -
Medieval Knight's Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant with Pelican
Circa 13th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Heater-shaped with attachment lug above, an incised motif of 'pelican in her piety'. 11.75 grams, 44 mm
Ex retired East Anglian school teacher, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK, 1960s-1980s.
