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LOT 1680
Medieval Iron Knife with Bronze Pommel
CIRCA 1500 A.D.
6 3/4 in. (35 grams, 17 cm).
Comprising a single cutting edge and scale tang; bifacial pommel engraved with a female figure to one face and an enigmatic design to the other.
ProvenanceAcquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
Cf. Marquardt, K., Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks and Spoons: an Art Collection, Europe, 1997, pp.28-32, for similar.
FootnotesThere were four essential ways to carry the small knifes in late Middle Ages: a) with the scabbard tucked diagonally behind belt, without suspension loop; b) without scabbard, simply thrust through the purse of the belt; c) with the scabbard tied horizontally at waist with suspension holes in the widened handle flap; d) suspended vertically from thong looped over the belt, in the scabbard.
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LOT 1680
Medieval Iron Knife with Bronze Pommel
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Medieval Ceramic Group
15th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Including a jar with scalloped foot, a piriform juglet, footed pot with handle, small jar with remaining handle, likely bird water feeder and a stamped tripod dish; most glazed; most chipped or cracked. 3.3 kg total, 10-18 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
The salt-glazed stoneware jugs, like some of the specimens here presented, had a distinctive pitted ‘orange-skin’ surface. These tall jugs often have grooves around their bodies to support them during the high-temperature firing which was necessary to achieve the hard fabric. First imported into Britain in the early 14th century stone wares became common in the 16th and 17th centuries. Most came from production centres in the Rhineland, notably Cologne, Frechen, Langerwehe, Raeren and Westerwald. -
Medieval Silver Ring with Black Letter Inscription
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Penannular in form with rounded terminals, bearing a black letter inscription to the outer face, embellished with floral sprigs; repaired. 3.19 grams, 22.85 mm overall, 19.53 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J 1/2, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9)
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Tudor 'Thames' Iron Ball Lock
15th-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £62
Formed with a spherical lock and D-shaped locking arm with square cross-section; keyhole to one face of the body. 39.5 grams, 47 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK.
