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LOT 0330
Medieval Gold Ring with Legend and Amethyst Intaglio
CIRCA 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (4.04 grams, 19.36 mm overall, 16.48 x 15.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)).
Flat hoop and discoid bezel with central cell and inset intaglio lion couchant; flange rim with impressed detailing and cross potent; hoop with enigmatic retrograde legend in serifed Greek and Latin capitals '+*Π*O*N*O*Y*O*I*E*N'.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13452-259841.
Cf. Ward, A., Cherry, J., Gere, C., & Cartlidge, B., Rings Through the Ages, Fribourg, 1981, item 134, for type.
FootnotesThese aristocratic rings were set with red or blue paste, engraved in intaglio with the heraldic symbol of the family. The round borders were often engraved with indeterminate inscriptions, using Latin and Greek letters.
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LOT 0330
Medieval Gold Ring with Legend and Amethyst Intaglio
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,500 (EUR 1,740; USD 2,025) ‡+BP*
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Medieval Part of a Circular Box with Embossed Leather
15th century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Bids: 5 | Current Bid: £55
Discoid in plan with applied decorative plates to the sidewall; cuir bouilli panels to the outer face with reserved fronds and tendrils on a pounced field, central roundel with agnus dei and four radiating heater-shaped lobes with heraldic designs - crossed keys, field of fleurs-de-lys, lion rampant and plain chief (upper panel); below the rim, six of original seven rectangular brackets; inner face with later sheet-bronze lining bearing printed gilt designs; old collector's label to inner base with indistinct legend end ing '...Lille'. 545 grams, 23 cm wide
By repute, collection of Andre (1875-1949) and Maria (1887-1947) Larminet-Davioud, Lille. By descent to Georges Davioud (1927-2014), Lille. By descent to his heirs, and sold at their sale, Pierre Berge, Paris, 27th January 2021. -
Medieval Bronze Round Seal Matrix with Saint Margaret
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With central facing figure on a hatched field, legend to border ' +SCE MARGARETA' (St. Margaret). 11.3 grams, 24.9 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
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Medieval Silver Iconographic Ring with Three Saints
Circa 15th century A.D.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Twisted ropework detailing to D-section hoop, shoulders with raised median bands developing three panels, each with a reserved standing figure of a saint. 6.94 grams, 25.13 mm overall, 21.69 x 19.20 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)
From the collection of a gentleman born in the late 19th century, formed 1940s-1970s. From an old Staffordshire family collection; thence by descent.
