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LOT 1873
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 GACIA 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]
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market in the early 2000s.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
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.
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LOT 1873
Medieval Inscribed Bronze Purse Bar
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Medieval Iron Knife with Bronze Pommel
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Opening Bid: £5
Forge-welded single-edged blade with scooped tip and separate gilded baluster; wooden scales to both sides of the tang held in place with two studs on each side; trapezoidal pommel with incised segments and radiating hatching. 26 grams, 15.5 cm
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Medieval Knight's Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant Group
13th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including domed type with voided cross and pellets, and other types. 11.3 grams total, 29-33 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
