Loading, please wait...
LOT 1374
Medieval Gold Triangular Pendant with Cabochons
CIRCA 14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (1.42 grams, 14 mm).
Bifacial with granulated borders and integral loop, set with a lozenge-shaped garnet to the top with a pair of triangular garnets below.
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Cocks, A.S., An Introduction to Courtly Jewellery, London, 1980, plate 9, for type
CONDITIONTimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
-
Medieval and Later Artefact Group
Circa 12th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising a quantity of mixed items, including rings, mounts, thimbles, buttons, coins and other items, most fragmentary. 587 grams total, 11-63 mm
Found St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK. Acquired from the finder in 2008. Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman. -
Medieval Terracotta Pilgrim's Horn
Circa 15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Formed with a slightly curved profile and with suspension loops; buff-coloured. 298 grams, 26.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
Apart from badges as souvenirs of visits to various saints’ shrines, pilgrims might also bear away with them various noise-making items such as horns, whistles, rattles and bells. The miniature horn-shaped lead whistles known from London and Salisbury bear various inscriptions including bla me [blow me] and ave maria. In the contemporary ‘morality’ play Mankind (c.1465-70) of East Anglian provenance, the character Nought says I kan pype in a Walsyngham wystyll, which suggests that such souvenir whistles were available from the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham too, and that already such ‘tourist’ trinkets were regarded as a proverbial type of worthlessness, ‘not worth a whistle’, indeed. -
.jpg)
Medieval Bronze Vesica-Shaped Seal Matrix with Falcon
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
With central falcon on the wrist with its jesses hanging down, linear border and legend 'FRANGE LEGE TEGE' (BREAK (the seal), READ (the contents of the letter), CONCEAL (the contents)); strap and loop to the reverse. 8.7 grams, 30 mm
Found Southern England. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
The legend is a functional instruction - commonly found on seals.
