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LOT 1641
Medieval English 'Three Lions' Floor Tile
ENGLAND, 15TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (938 grams, 13.5 x 13.5 cm).
Square glazed floor tile with yellow motif of lions passant on a heater shield. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceBenjamin Proust, 2015.
with Bonhams, London, 17 May 2017, no.87 (part).
Ex central London gallery.
A Bonhams lot sticker to verso.
Cf. Eames, E., Medieval Craftsmen: English Tilers, London, 1992, item 80, for type.
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Medieval Gold Heart-Shaped Pendant
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Wit beaded wire border and applied filigree detailing. 0.68 grams, 14 mm
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Medieval Decorated 'He who loves from the heart, gives with a good heart' Posy Boxwood Comb
Circa 1490-1510 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
Central panel decorated with a heart pierced by two arrows and inscription: 'qui de bon [COER] eyme', and verso openwork carving of blind interlaces and inscription: 'de bon [COER] donne', translating to 'He who loves from the heart, gives with a good heart'; probably given as a love token. 58 grams, 15 cm
Private collection, USA. Private collection, Suffolk. Accompanied by a copy of an illustrated catalogue document.
Medieval specialist Dr Malcolm Jones writes: 'The same formula and use of the rebus heart-device can be found engraved on contemporary jewellery, e.g. on a 14th/15thC English gold ring recently on the French antique jewellery market which is inscribed in Black Letter script, ie. uous eme bien [I love you very much - de bon ♥ - from a good heart]. The familiar heart-symbol ♥ -- which nowadays we ‘read’ as love [I ♥ New York] -- makes its first appearance as a rebus in this late medieval era, engraved on rings, where it is to be read as the noun, coer/cuer, etc. One of its earliest appearances is on a bronze ring of 13th or 14thC date in the British Museum inscribed in Lombardic capitals: A VILA MON ♥ [Here is my heart GARDI LI MO[Y] keep it for me].
