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LOT 1280
Medieval Horse Harness Mount Group
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 3/4 in. (32.1 grams total, 12-46 mm).
A group of bronze horse harness mounts comprising: a medallion with openwork design portraying a griffin pouncing on a hare within a decoratively notched frame, mounting lugs to reverse; a stylised running hare mount with two mounting lugs to reverse; two attachments with three stylised fleur-de-lys radiating from a central opening, mounting lugs to the reverses; ten stylised floral mounts, broadly triangular in plan with scrolled detailing, mounting lugs to reverse of each. [14]
ProvenanceNorth American collection, 1990s-2000s.
Property of a Surrey gentleman.
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Late Medieval to Stuart Buckle Group
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Medieval 'Thames' Pewter Ring with Hand on Quatrefoil Bezel with Annulets
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A pewter ring composed of a slender, convex hoop and quatrefoil bezel, displaying a raised annulet to each arm and hand extended right; repaired. 1.85 grams, 22.27 mm overall, 19.33 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)
Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK. Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. -
English Medieval Silver Chessman Type Seal Matrix
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A silver chessman-type seal matrix with pierced trefoil finial; incuse motif of Christ crucified facing flanked by two supporters in profile; Lombardic script legend to the edge " *IESVSNAZERNVS" (Jesus the Nazarene). 12.7 grams, 27 mm
The Matrix Collection, formed by David Morris since the late 1980s. Matrix Collection catalogue no.1101. Many of the seals within the collection were published in a book titled 'The Matrix Collection', by David Morris in 2012.
