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LOT 0400
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
MEDIEVAL BRONZE VESICA-SHAPED SEAL MATRIX FOR HENRY OF THORP
CIRCA 13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (12.4 grams, 32 mm).
CIRCA 13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (12.4 grams, 32 mm).
With central St. Michael slaying the dragon with cross-topped lance motif motif, pelletted border and legend '+ S' HENRICI DE THOR[P]' (seal of Henry of Thorp); strap and loop to the reverse.
PROVENANCE:
Found Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
FOOTNOTES:
The placename may be Thorpe Market, Norfolk.
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