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LOT 1683
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix with 'Hail Mary, Full of Grace'
1300-1400 A.D.
1 in. (12.5 grams, 24 mm).
Chessman seal with facetted body, knop finial; design of Mary standing holding the infant Jesus, legend to the rim '* AVE MARIA GRATIA' (Hail, Mary, [full] of Grace). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Bainton, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-07440C.
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LOT 1683
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix with 'Hail Mary, Full of Grace'
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Medieval Henry VI Period Somerset Vellum Manuscript Letter of Attorney
Dated 1438/1439 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Handwritten in five lines with two seals, reading: 'Know all me by this present writing that we John Gouter esquire and Elizabeth, who was late the wife of Richard Hungate, have made constituted and confirmed and put in our place our beloved in Christ John Rimpyngden as our true and lawful attorney in law to receive in our name of Thomas Tyrell. Thomas Covell, Arthur Ormesby esquire and William Godyng full and peaceful seisin in his possession of his manor of Knolle, with all its appurtenances, in the county of Somerset, to the true intent and meaning of a charter made to the said John Gouter and Elizabeth... it is ratified and consented that whatsoever our said attorney in our names shall do or have done in or about the premises shall be lawful. In witness whereof we have affixed our seal. Dated 3rd day of the month of January in the 17th year of the reign of king henry VI (1438/1439).' 19.20 grams, 33.5 cm
Acquired UK market. Property of a Kent collector. Accompanied by a full transcription and notes.
The same Arthur Ormesby, esquire, appears in a document of 06 October 1425 where Arthur and his wife Margaret, deforciants, have acknowledged the tenements to be the right of Andrew Sperlying, Thomas Chaucers, John Golafre and Eustace Valdrean, querents, and have remised and quitclaimed them from themselves and the heirs of Margaret to Thomas, John, Andrew and Eustace and the heirs of Andrew for ever. -
Medieval God the Father Enthroned Oil on Panel
Netherlands, probably Brussels, circa 1520 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Rectangular wooden panel with gessoed surface, painted miniature of enthroned Jehovah with crown, orb and sceptre in a blaze of radiant light, surrounded by worshipper. 8.1 grams, 69 mm
Ex central London gallery. -
Medieval Embroidered Figural Panel
Germany, mid-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Rectangular fabric panel with embroidered design in laidwork and stem stitch; first, a nimbate figure in three-quarter view on a green and gold grassy base, with detailed draped mantle in red and yellow with a blue hem, right hand holding a staff and left hand supporting the gathered fold of cloth; second, a heater-shaped panel with a coat in shades of red and brown with gold couching; third, a standing nimbate figure on a grassy base, wearing an ankle-length robe in vibrant red with a lemon-yellow and green mantle, the end tucked into the belt; fourth, a heraldic party-coloured patch of flowers; mounted on a sturdy fabric backing. 458 grams, 99 cm
Acquired on the London art market, 2006. Ex central London gallery.
