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LOT 0303
Medieval Gold 'Our Love Grows Ever Greater' Decorated Posy Ring
CIRCA 1400-1550 A.D.
3/4 in. (1.90 grams, 19.01 mm overall, 15.19 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2 , USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).
A gold posy ring with convex outer face decorated in relief with two elongated oval cartouches flanked by floral tendrils and cross fleuretty motifs, the cartouches populated with an old French inscription in Gothic black letter script: 'toudis utyr', the utyr a spelling of Anglo-Norman 'outre' and therefore can be translate as the expression 'always greater' (ie. our love grows ever greater); hoop nicked.
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector by Kevin Ford in December 2018 in South Oxfordshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Report (PAS) number OXON-726859.
Accompanied by a copy of the treasure report for H M Coroner with reference number 2019 T16.
Accompanied by a letter to HM Coroner for Oxfordshire from the Treasure Registrar at the British Museum disclaiming the Crown's interest in the ring with treasure reference number 2019 T16.
Published on the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, record id. OXON-726859.
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LOT 0303
Medieval Gold 'Our Love Grows Ever Greater' Decorated Posy Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
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English Medieval Oval-Shaped Seal Matrix for William of Thornton
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A bronze ellipsoid seal matrix with pierced quatrefoil finial; incuse motif of Mary seated with infant Jesus on her lap, star above her shoulder, kneeling robed and tonsured figure beside her with hand raised in prayer; Lombardic script legend to the border with beaded bands '* S' WILL'I DE ThORNTONE' (seal of William of Thornton). 12.8 grams, 25 mm
The Matrix Collection, formed by David Morris since the late 1980s. Matrix Collection catalogue no.909. Many of the seals within the collection were published in a book titled 'The Matrix Collection', by David Morris in 2012. Accompanied by a copy of the illustrated collection notes.
Thornton is a village in West Yorkshire, close to the city of Bradford and mentioned in Domesday Book; it was where the Brontë sisters spent their early lives before moving to Haworth.
