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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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Framed Medieval Lead Seal Matrix of Sare Daughter of Sare
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Vesica-shaped and fitted with attachment loop, legend in Latin script around a stylised bird, reading 'S. SARE FIL.SARE' i.e. 'SEAL OF SARE DAUGHTER OF SARE', a stylised flower to the reverse. 136 grams, 17 x 13 cm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
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From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968. -
Medieval and Later 'Published' Iron Fire Steel 'Strike-a-Light' Collection
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Comprising four examples with curved handles. 170 grams total, 5.7-10.8 cm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
Fire steels were used to generate a spark from a 'strike-a-light' (a piece of flint or pyrite). The spark was directed into a tinder box containing a dry, flammable material such as charred linen until a flame was kindled.
