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LOT 1603
Medieval Gilt Silver Saint Simeon
GERMANY, UPPER RHINE, CIRCA 1500 A.D.
1 5/8 in. (14 grams, 4 cm).
Holding the Infant Christ, modelled in the round with semi-naturalistic features, standing bare-footed on a plinth and wearing floor length robes. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAustrian private collection since circa 1995.
with ImKinsky Auctions 24 June 2020, lot 538 (part).
Ex central London gallery.
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Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Lion Retainer's Badge
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising a lion passant guardant wearing a crown, tongue protruding; remains of pin to reverse. 1.85 grams, 23 mm
Found Thames foreshore spoil, 1980s and recorded with Museum of London.
This form of badge was used by the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses. -
Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge of St. Ubaldus
14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Formed as a pentagonal plate showing a bishop in relief to the centre, wearing a mitre and floor length cope and surplice, holding attributes of his office, surrounding Latin legend: '[S]ANTVS VBALDVS EPISCOPVS DEV GV[BIO]' (St. Ubaldus, bishop, of Gubbio); one remaining attachment loop. 7.7 grams, 43 mm
European collection, 1990s. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Commemorating a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Ubaldus (1085-1160) in Gubbio.
