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LOT 1276
Medieval Knife with Bronze Pommel and Openwork Crowned Heart Motif
CIRCA 1500 A.D.
7 1/8 in. (40.3 grams, 18 cm long).
A scale tanged knife with iron blade and single cutting edge, wooden scales, bronze pommel with openwork crowned heart motif to both faces.
ProvenanceAcquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
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LOT 1276
Medieval Knife with Bronze Pommel and Openwork Crowned Heart Motif
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Medieval 'Thames' Artefact Group
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A group of two metallic artefacts: a copper-alloy strap end or other fitting retaining two rivets, displaying a regardant lionesque creature in relief advancing left, traces of gilding; a silver annular brooch with chamfered outer face, articulate pin stamped with maker's mark 'WW' with a rectangular cartouche. 6.36 grams total, 25-27 mm
Found on the Thames foreshore, London, UK. Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985. Albert Ward collection, Essex, UK. -
Medieval Knife with Bronze Pommel and Veiled Figure
Circa 1500 A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
A scale tanged knife with iron blade and single cutting edge, wooden scales, bronze pommel seemingly decorated with an incised veiled female figure to one face and a Mendicant beggar holding staff and pouch to the other. 37.4 grams, 21 cm long
Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. -
European Medieval Silver Crusader Type 'Sigillum Secreti' Seal Matrix
13th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
A silver seal matrix, discoid with remains of a loop(?) to the reverse; central incuse fleur-de-lys motif with radiating bars to the shoulders; border with incuse Lombardic script legend '+ SIGILLVM : SECRETI' (for seal of a secret). 2.2 grams, 17 mm
The Matrix Collection, formed by David Morris since the late 1980s. with Lockdales, Ipswich, 23 March 2003, lot 533. Matrix Collection catalogue no.3949. Many of the seals within the collection were published in a book titled 'The Matrix Collection', by David Morris in 2012. Accompanied by a copy of the illustrated collection notes. Accompanied by a copy of the Lockdales invoice.
