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LOT 1633
Medieval Knight's Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant with Flowers
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (3.97 grams, 33 mm).
Quatrefoil in shape, each lobe with a six-petalled flower in red enamel; intact loop to the apex [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Somerset collector, UK, since at least the early 2000s.
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LOT 1633
Medieval Knight's Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant with Flowers
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Medieval and Other Bronze Horse Harness Pendant Group
Circa 13th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
All with a clear or occluded suspension loop; most displaying a floral or other openwork design. 42.2 grams total, 23-40 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance. -
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. -
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Large Medieval Bronze Knight's Heraldic Seal Matrix of Count Robert in Full Armour
Circa 15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
Featuring a large circular die face and hexagonal stem, with collars and pierced quatrefoil handle, incised orientation star to edge; the die bearing a knightly device of a helmet with chaplet on canted shield of arms bearing three bull's heads cabossed and chevron with surrounding ' LE * S * ROBERTI * LE CONTES' legend. 38.9 grams, 34 mm
Found near Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, circa 2008. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11901-204414.
'Sigillum Roberti le Contes ' is 'seal of Count Robert'. Three bulls' heads appear on the arms of the Beverley family. The chaplet or 'cap of maintenance' is a stylised fur-lined cap which appears in the heraldry of leading families; the helm of the Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral is made with a chaplet and a lion standing on the rim.
