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LOT 2221
Medieval Bronze Straight and Beehive Thimble Collection
CIRCA 14TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 in. (120 grams total, 17-23 mm).
Including flat-topped, beehive and other types. [20]
ProvenanceFound Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.
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LOT 2221
Medieval Bronze Straight and Beehive Thimble Collection
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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Medieval Knight's Enamelled Silvered Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant with Three Lions
Circa 13th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £35
Heater-shaped with attachment lug above; three lions passant on a red enamelled field. 6.74 grams, 37 mm
Ex retired East Anglian school teacher, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK, 1960s-1980s. -
Large Medieval Silver Signet Ring with Trees
Pre-1450 A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
With broad carinated hoop and discoid bezel; each facet of the hoop with niello-inlaid legend 'Arter D'Aielo'; trefoil to each spandrel; bezel with central motif of three trees within a circular border with Lombardic script legend 'X S' Den . Pere . Iohan' (seal of Denis, father of John); supplied with an old collector's record card. 12.84 grams, 25.24 mm overall, 20.10 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by an original 1970s-1980s typed collector's card. -
Medieval Bronze Beehive Thimble Collection
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising five domed thimbles with pellet decoration. 24.3 grams total, 14-21 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
