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LOT 1932
Medieval Decorated Silver-Gilt Ring with Flower
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (5.15 grams, 22.25 mm overall, 18.69 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
D-section hoop with beast-head to each shoulder, disc bezel with hatched hexafoil, parcel-gilt.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Medieval Silver Ring with Cross Design
14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With trumpet-shaped bezel, reserved cross on a field with punched annulets, pellet to centre. 8.05 grams, 24.58 mm overall, 19.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Similar rings were found in the aristocratic cemetery of Stanicenje, in Serbia. These graves often contained traces of gold embroidered textile fabrics associated with hollow metal ball buttons, earrings and rings. Such rings were used by pre-Ottoman Balkan nobles as indicators of rank, particularly in the Serbian and Bulgarian empires. -
Medieval Life of St Ambrose Manuscript Excerpt
Tuscany, 12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Rectangular vellum panel with a uncial script text; foliated initial 'o' ( in ortarius venertabilis patrius); probably Tuscan work; text from Paulinus of Milan's Vita Sancti Ambrosii (Life of St Ambrose). 3.7 grams, 22 x 13.3 cm
Private collection, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12501-230732. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Medieval and Later Lead Weight Group
12th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Mainly discoid types and rectangular, many with central piercing, low-relief geometric detailing. 861 grams total, 24-82 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.