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LOT 1576
Medieval Ceramic Group
15TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
20 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. (11.7 kg total including box, 53 x 23.5 cm).
Composed of glazed and decorated fragmentary vessel fragments. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Taylor, K., Hull, G., 'Excavation of Post-medieval Features and a Dump of Late Eighteen-century Artefacts from 5/6-7 Market Street, Oxford' in Oxoniensia, LXVII, pp.313-357, figs.1-3-10 (dishes-bowls).
FootnotesBowls similar to the specimen in this group, dated to of the first half of the 17th century, were present in very small numbers in the Oxford excavations of late Medieval and Post Medieval levels. Locally manufactured bowls of the second half of the 17th century were found in large numbers from the various layers, made up of Oxford Type B, with their distinctive angular profiles, dated circa 1650-1690.
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Medieval Iron Horse Shoe Group
14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Comprising shoes of various sizes, possibly including examples for oxen. 8 kg total, 12-14.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
Late medieval and Renaissance horseshoes had an angular inner profile. These horse shoes were broadly C-shaped and rectangular in section. -
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. -
Medieval Bronze Personal Seal Matrix of John de la Pole, Second Duke of Suffolk, Constable of Wallingford Castle and High Steward of Oxford University
14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
The circular high-quality die bearing a central star/sun over crescent moon with concentric pelleted borders enclosing Latin legend in Lombardic script: 'S' IOh' D' LA POLE CANP'; probably the counterseal of John de la Pole, Second Duke of Suffolk, of facetted hexagonal-section stem with pellet trefoil to show orientation when in use, collar and pentagonal suspension loop; accompanied by an impression. 8.7 grams, 19 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Wantage, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, UK, between January and May 2011. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BERK-749E31.
This seal has been designated of 'County / local importance' in the PAS record, which provides the following interpretation of the inscription: 'The second Duke of Suffolk was John de la Pole, born 27th September 1442. He was Constable of Wallingford Castle and High Steward of Oxford University. He also held the manors of Deddington and Ascot in Oxfordshire from 1477 A.D. He died c. 24th July 1492 (Richardson 2011:48-49). His mother, Alice Chaucer, was the granddaughter of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer (author of the Canterbury Tales). Alice, who died in 1475/76 A.D., is buried in her home village of Ewelme, where the de la Poles spent much of their time. John de la Pole's official seal is recorded in the British Museum Catalogue of Seals (1894:398), and is described as 'a lion rampant queue fourchée'. The matrix now offered is likely to be a personal seal, such as were often used for private correspondence or as a counterseal, when applying a seal of office.
