Medieval Inscribed Bronze Purse Bar

14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

6 in. (58 grams, 15.1 cm).

With niello-filled legend to the bar: 'AVE MARIA G[R]ACIA PLE' and to reverse 'A DOMINV TE CVM *'; central heater-shaped plaque with niello-filled 'W' to one face and 'IHS' monogram to reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired on the European art market in the early 2000s.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.

Literature

Cf. for similar purse bars with religious inscription PAS no. BERK-C3DBF9, in Leahy, K., Lewis, M., Finds Identified II, Dress fittings & ornaments, Witham, 2020, p.175.

CONDITION

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LOT 1873