Medieval Knights Bronze 'Earls of Arundel' Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant

Comprising three vesica seal matrices, one with an intact loop, and a circular lead seal matrix with a rosette. 27.6 grams total, 20-37 mm



From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.

Pillar capital for an architectural column or pier decorated with dense vegetation motifs, tapering swags or garlands; reef-knot motif and leaves above; unworked to the reverse. 74 kg total, 51.5 cm high including stand



Ex French collection. Holz Artles, 25 April 2015, no.83. Private collection, Kensington, London. Private collection, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13383-259007.

This finely carved capital belongs to a group of Romanesque capitals known as knotwork capitals, widespread in the South of France and North of Spain, where the influence of the architecture of the old Visigothic Kingdom was still strong. These capitals probably originate in one of the most famous sculpture workshops of Romanesque France. The base of the capital is topped by a row of abstractly sculpted acanthus leaves. The dominant section of the capital is decorated with stylised knotwork, composed of ornament that entwine and end in folded acanthus leaves. In between the entwined branches, there is more foliage forming the ‘head of a monster’ which playfully animates the sculpture.

With a narrow frame, pin mounted at the apex. 0.48 grams, 15.7 mm



Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984. Ex property of an Essex collector.