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LOT 1663
Medieval Knight's Bronze 'De Bohun Family' Heraldic Horse Harness Mount
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (9.2 grams, 31 mm).
Comprising a heater shield with once enamelled arms 'a bend coticed between six lions rampant' (de Bohun family). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 1663
Medieval Knight's Bronze 'De Bohun Family' Heraldic Horse Harness Mount
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Medieval Purse Bar with 'Praise be to God, peace to the living and rest to the dead' and Fragment Group
14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
One complete purse bar with linear ornament and swivel hoop; one purse bar arm with attachment lugs and inscription to both faces, part of: 'DEFVNTIS' '[LAVS DEO]'; possibly a version of 'Laus deo pax vivis requies defunctis', or 'Praise be to God, peace to the living and rest to the dead'; a carinated fragment inscribed 'ONOR' (the N retrograde), amidst flowering tendrils, part of the common inscription 'SOLI DEO HONOR ET GLORIA' [Honour and glory be to God only], from 1 Timothy, v.17. 63 grams total, 62-98 mm
Acquired on the UK market, 1990s. Property of a retired academic. -
Medieval and Other Lead Spindle Whorl Collection
Circa 15th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Offering a variety of types of spindle whorl, including biconical, facetted and plano-convex forms, including examples possibly displaying worn decorative motifs. 495 grams total, 10-18 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance. -
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Medieval Bronze Signet Ring with Winged Griffin
14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
The hoop expanding to facetted shoulders and an octagonal bezel, engraved with a winged griffin standing right, looking left. 7.45 grams, 23.38 mm overall, 19.41 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman.
