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LOT 1771
Medieval Iron Tool Collection
10TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/8 - 9 7/8 in. (260 grams total, 10.5 - 25 cm).
Including U-shaped clamps, an awl and other items. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired prior to 2000.
From a private Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Medieval Lead Votive Seal Matrix with Hand
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Discoid in plan with lug to reverse; central motif of an open hand with legend to the border '* S WATMER[..]CHAPMAN' (seal of Walter Chapman). 9.75 grams, 26.8 mm
From the later Peter Hooper Pewter and Lead collection, who was a guest lecturer at West Dean College and was a longtime member of the Pewter Society who contributed to the Pewter Society Magazine.
Because such surnames were still meaningfully ‘occupational’ at this period, and ‘chapman’ means ‘(small-scale) seller/tradesman’, it may well be that Walter made his living from selling gloves.
