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LOT 1611
Medieval Iron Rowel Spur Collection
CIRCA 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/2 - 5 3/4 in. (217 grams total, 11.5-14.8 cm).
Comprising examples of various types, including some retaining the rowel. [4]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Cf. numerous spurs in the Museum of London, in Clark, J., The Medieval Horse and its Equipment, London, 1995, pp138-140, nos 333 to 335; see also British Museum inventory no.OA.4790.
FootnotesThe deep curve of the shoulders, the lack of protrusion above the base of the rowel holder, the short rowel holder and the small diameter rowel are characteristics that point to dating some of this specimens in the 13th century. Kirpichnikov puts these spurs in type V (first half of the 13th-14th century) after a spur depicted on an English tombstone dating to the beginning of the 14th century.
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LOT 1611
Medieval Iron Rowel Spur Collection
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Medieval Stone Capital with Prophet Daniel and Lions
Spain or Southern France, 12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
From an architectural column with a square upper face developing to a rounded base; a decorative frieze carved in the half-round depicting two seated lions, each with its tail looped around its lower body, supporting a pedestal on which a facing bust of a young boy is resting. 25.7 kg, 36 cm
Good condition
with Piasa, 7 June 2013, lot 17. Ex central London gallery. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11738-202062.
The form of the capital and the shape of the beasts are similar to those sculptures that survive in churches on the pilgrimage route to Santiago da Compostela – namely in Southern France and Northern Spain, but the bodies of the lions have many correspondences with the capital sculptures of Poitou. The lions were considered to be guardians against evil and the image of the young boy is probably a representation of the prophet Daniel. There is a similar capital in the Church of d'Airvault (Deux-Sèvres) also ornamented with lions and a human head. -
Medieval Pewter Pilgrim Badge of a Bishop
Circa 1300 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Standing figure in bishop's mitre and robes beneath a hatched canopy holding a long processional cross, flanked by two facing robed females each holding an infant; arcade to the base with pellet detailing. 8.78 grams, 63 mm
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Medieval Iron Axehead
14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Stamped to one face with work smith's mark, angled lower cheek edge and a sub-oval socket. 522 grams, 15.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
The axe seems to be a Xa type in the Glosek classification. The earliest dated examples in Eastern Europe of this kind of axehead come from 14th century, but it is likely that this sub-type also goes back to the 13th century A.D.
