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LOT 1360
Medieval Iron Dagger
16TH CENTURY A.D.
13 5/8 in. (126 grams, 34.5 cm).
Comprising a single cutting edge and retaining original rivets.
ProvenanceAcquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
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Medieval Bronze Medical Spoon
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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. -
Medieval Illuminated Book of Hours Vellum Manuscript Page
Possibly Italian, 15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Recto and verso with nineteen lines of Latin text in blackletter script, recto with two illuminated capitals in gold on blue and verso with one; in a cardboard mount. 37 grams, 20 x 15.3 cm
Acquired on the UK art market in 2016. Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
