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LOT 2264
Medieval Knight's Eagle Gilt Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (4.85 grams, 30 mm).
An openwork pendant formed as a splayed eagle gripping a thunderbolt(?) in its talons. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market from the 1990s.
From the private collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2264
Medieval Knight's Eagle Gilt Bronze Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Medieval Silver-Gilt Iconographic Ring with Saint
15th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Lentoid-section hoop with flat panels to the shoulders, ellipsoid bezel with incised nimbate bust in three-quarter view; repaired. 3.99 grams, 21.55 mm overall, 19.07 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
Acquired in the 1970s-1980s. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. -
Medieval Bronze Seal Matrix with Mary and Child
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid with pierced tag, central image of Mary and infant Jesus, border with cross above the figures' heads, blundered legend or pseudo-script; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 3.89 grams, 23 mm
From an old English collection, Bournemouth, UK. Ex Parthenon Gallery, London, UK, 2001. Property of a North London, UK, private collector. -
Medieval Knight's Enamelled Gilt Bronze 'De Bohun Family, Earl of Hereford' Heraldic Horse Harness Pendant
14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Heater-shaped with integral loop above; three diagonal stripes (bends cotised) on a fully enamelled blue field between lions rampant; blazoned 'azure a bend cotised between six lions rampant or', the arms of de Bohun, earls of Hereford and Essex. 13.1 grams, 40 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The de Bohun family took its name from the region of Bohun in the Cotentin peninsula, Normandy, France. John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (died January 1336) was born the son of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford. After Humphrey's death at the Battle of Boroughbridge, the family lands were forfeited by John who was only later permitted to succeed to his positions as Earl of Hereford and Essex, Constable of England and Lord of Brecknock.