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Medieval Knight's Bronze 'Bassingbourn Family' Heraldic Casket Mount Medieval Knight's Bronze 'Bassingbourn Family' Heraldic Casket Mount Medieval Knight's Bronze 'Bassingbourn Family' Heraldic Casket Mount
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LOT 1875

Medieval Knight's Bronze 'Bassingbourn Family' Heraldic Casket Mount

13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/4 in. (12.56 grams, 56 mm).

Heater-shaped with three radiating attachment lugs; reserved heraldic design 'gyronny of twelve' with enamelled interstitial panels to accept enamel fil. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Nutley, Hampshire, UK.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme report no.BERK-DFB419.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Footnotes

The mount may have belonged to members of the Bassingbourn family, who bore arms blazoned 'gyronny of twelve, or and azure' in the 13th century. Possible owners include Warin de Bassingbourn, sheriff of Northants in 1267, who died in 1269; his son, Edmund, of Blyborough, Lincolnshire, who is recorded as active in 1282-1289; and Edmund's probable son, another Warin, who was recorded as serving in the Falkirk campaign of 1298 and was still alive in 1317.

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LOT 1875

Medieval Knight's Bronze 'Bassingbourn Family' Heraldic Casket Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

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