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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]
Provenance
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Literature
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.
Footnotes
The 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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