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LOT 1715
Medieval Ceramic Group
15TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
4 - 8 1/4 in. (3.25 kg total, 10-21 cm).
Composed of a range of mainly glazed vessels, including tripod pots, a stoneware jars and a footed pouring bowl; most with chips and cracks. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Cf. for similar examples of vessels Hall, D., ‘Medieval pottery from the Overgate, Dundee and three vessels from the wall of a building on the Nethergate, Dundee,’ in Tayside and Fife Archaeological Journal Volume 9, 2003, pp.88-95, fig.1, nos.1-3.
FootnotesCeramics from Dundee, Scotland, confirm that the most common vessel type represented was the tripod pipkin, with globular body, rounded base, three legs and a single handle.
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Medieval Bronze and Silver Artefact Group
14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising: a number of clothes fasteners, including openwork examples; a gilt fitting; a chape with triangular cross-section, scallopped lip and incised ornament; buckle and zoomorphic terminals. 12.7 grams total, 15-84 mm
From the Sullivan family collection, UK; acquired since 2003. -
Medieval Bronze Steelyard Weight with Heraldic Shields
Circa 1260-1300 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Heavy with a lead core, spherical in form with pierced flange for suspension above and hatched band to the shoulder; an unusal unofficial copy with three heater shields with raised heraldic arms spaced equally around the body, etched geometric band of chevrons above. 615 grams, 56 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s. From a North London collection.
These heraldic steelyard weights were originally made under the official sanction of Richard (brother of King Henry III) or Edmund, Duke of Cornwall on behalf of the King; Edmund died in 1300 A.D. and such weights were banned in 1350. This example would most likely have been made unofficially towards the end of the period 1260-1300 A.D. The Hanseatic League was created in Germany to protect the interests and privileges of merchants in the medieval period, starting in Europe and with influence spreading to England from the 13th century. -
Medieval Gold Heart-Shaped Pendant
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Sheet gold strip with applied lop to the apex. 0.83 grams, 15 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
