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LOT 1873
Medieval Knight's Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant Group
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 2 3/8 in. (51 grams total, 32-60 mm).
Including quatrefoil, fleur-de-lys and other types, some with hinged suspension mechanism. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound East Anglia, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1873
Medieval Knight's Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Medieval Knight's Enamelled 'Son of King Edward I' Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant
Early 14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Of heater-shaped form, plano-convex with suspension loop; remains of blue and red enamelling; reserved royal arms of England (gules three lions passant gardant or) with azure label cadency mark. 8.58 grams, 41 mm
Found East Anglia, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Medieval Bronze Purse Bar with Niello Inlay
15th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
With niello-filled legend to the bar: 'AVE MARIA GACIA PLE' and to reverse 'A DOMINV TE CVM *'; central heater-shaped plaque with niello-filled 'W' to one face and 'IHS' monogram to reverse. 70.66 grams, 15.5 cm
Ex Graham Slater (1924-2024) collection, Cambridge, UK; his collection assembled since the 1980s. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Metal purse frames of this type were a luxury personal accessory of late Middle Ages and early Renaissance period (about 1450-1500). They were decorated with niello. In this technique the metalworker engraved a pattern or design onto highly polished metal and filled the incised lines with a hard black alloy. Religious inscriptions were incised to invoke divine protection. -
Medieval Knight's Bronze 'Pembroke Earls of Valence' Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant
13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Heater-shaped with pierced lug above, enamel-filled heraldic design to obverse; variant of the arms of Valence blazoned 'barruly or and azure an orle of martlets gules'. 9.15 grams, 39 mm
Found Nutley, Hampshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the pendant titled A Frenchman at the English Court by I.H. Szymansk. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The Valence arms feature horizontal blue and white stripes, while the present mount is reconstructed with blue and yellow.
