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LOT 1833
Medieval Iron Tool Group
10TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
3 - 7 1/2 in. (227 grams total, 7.5-19 cm).
Including a sturdy clout nail, an awl, a chisel blade, 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 Bas Relief Representing a Gentleman Illustrating an Allegory of Avarice
Netherlands, 16th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £833
Carved in the half-round, clean-shaven male figure wearing a floppy chaperon hat, clutching a bulging sack of coins to his chest, with some stray coins on the surface of the table below; mounted on a velvet-covered board in a carved wooden frame. 694 grams, 33.2 x 27.1 cm
Private collection, Spain, until 2024. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12992-246434. -
Medieval Bronze Chess Piece Personal Seal Matrix with Fox-Bishop
14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With a beaded border, a long-eared fox with a bishop’s crozier preaches to a congregation of birds; this hugely popular satirical motif in which the pastor becomes the predator, preying on his flock, was originally directed against the mendicant friars but soon came to criticise the regular clergy too; the two pairs of letters, either side of the ‘preacher’, appear to read 'IE ME', perhaps Anglo-Norman for ‘I love’. 7.09 grams, 18.65 mm high
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Medieval Bronze Knight's Holy Sepulchre Badge
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Formed as a cross-crosslet, the symbol of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, with punched-point border. 0.85 grams, 20.8 mm
Found Norfolk, UK. From a Norfolk, UK, collection.
The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD.
