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LOT 1855
Medieval Iron Fire Dog Pair
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
14 1/2 - 15 1/8 in. (990 grams total, 37-38.5 cm).
Matched pair, each a square-section iron bar with tapering ends, crescent finials forming angled legs; raised finials with swan-neck (two absent); old collector's labels '3' and '4'. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Robin Symes Gallery, Mayfair, UK, pre 1999.
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Medieval and Other Lead Weight Collection
Circa 15th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Discoid in form with rosette, raised square, incised initial 'H' and other types. 283 grams total, 27-48 mm
Ex Simmons gallery, London, UK. Ex North London collection, 1990s. -
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Medieval and Post Medieval Iron Knife Blade Group
Circa 15th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Mainly comprising folding knives and other knife blades. 3.65 kg total, 2-25.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. Ex East Anglian private collection.
Amongst the considerable variations in Medieval knife blade shapes, the two most obvious are the blades with angled backs (like some examples here presented) and those with stepped backs. -
Medieval Iron Caltrop Anti-Cavalry Group
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Comprising thirteen caltrops, hand-forged with square-section spikes. 423 grams total, 82-90 mm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
P. Žákovský has been able to classify medieval caltrops, mainly from 13th to 15th century A.D., on the basis of their morphology, into four main typologies, each with different variants. Caltrops with single-pointed spikes, whose interpretation, however, is often ambiguous belong to type I. The other three types represent classic four-pointed caltrops, and individual types in this group differ from one another just in their cross-section.
